On Mon, 26 Jan 2004, Ralf Wildenhues wrote: > > > > I don't understand this. If a third-party package uses an > > auxiliary script, say install-sh, then that third-party package > > already contains install-sh and does not care about the parent's > > auxdir. Am I missing something? What kind of adaptation do you > > want to avoid passing AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR? > > Oh, yes, you're right. braino, sorry. This one is not about > not changing the subpackage, but about saving space in the combined > package. After all, auxiliary scripts with the same name are supposed > to be identical, right?
That would be a very poor assumption. Scripts with the same name may output different values. For example, an older config.guess script may output a different host tripplet for the same OS than a newer config.guess, and the version of tools used in the subdirectory key off this older host tripplet. They would misbehave if they were directed to use the newer config.guess. Bob ====================================== Bob Friesenhahn [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.simplesystems.org/users/bfriesen
