On 10/05/10 14:40, Bruno Haible wrote: > Pro: > - Supports multiline substitution (starting with automake 1.10). > - Less code to maintain in the module descriptions. > Cons: > - Slower.
Another "Con:" is that it appends to the top-level config.log, which is not helpful. I like the pro arguments, but the con arguments are reasonably important too. Perhaps we could alter autoconf to generate a faster config.status, one that has an option to not append to the log. For example, config.status shouldn't have to re-test the characteristics of the shell looking for Solaris 7 bugs and whatnot, since 'configure' has already done that.
