On Saturday 13 November 2010, Ryan Lortie wrote: > Hello, Hello Ryan. Just a quick partial reply ...
> [CUT] > In my opinion, this is an argument for why ACLOCAL_FLAGS > (or at least some ACLOCAL_PATH environment variable) Supporting ACLOCAL_PATH is a good idea IMO -- and the nice thing about it is that there's already a patch (currently under reviewed) implementing it: <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake-patches/2010-11/msg00089.html> It will probably be included in the next automake version (1.12). > environment variable is a good idea; anything that > avoids also specifying the name of the binary at the same time. I think > this ought to be supported in an official way within the autotools. > I'm willing to write a patch if people believe it to be a good idea. If ACLOCAL_PATH is enough for your needs, that shouldn't be necessary, since someone else has alredy done the work (kudos to Paolo Bonzini). HTH, Stefano
