----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Tromey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: nearly there... yet another question first
> >>>>> "Robert" == Robert Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
writes:
> Robert> Why doesn't it install compile in the top_srcdir?
>
> The code that decides where to find these programs is hacky.
>
> Try putting the compile program in the top directory, remove it from
> the leaf directory, and re-run automake. Maybe it won't complain.
I tried that before I posted. Ah well, since make dist looked in the top
directory, I now have two copies in the source tree.
> The former. Using _CFLAGS like that requires a compiler that
> understands `-c -o'. Some don't, and compile is a wrapper for those.
>
> At some point we should just stop supporting compilers that lose that
> badly.
>
> Tom
>
Thanks.
Rob
