On Fri, 2013-11-22 at 07:52 -0800, Martin Buchholz wrote: > > > > > > On Fri, Nov 22, 2013 at 7:32 AM, Dave Pointon <dpoin...@linux.vnet.ibm.com> > wrote: > > > Much as though I like and indeed applaud, this change, on a more > general > note, it surprises me that more use isn't made of the power of perl > since > it [perl] is a fundamental part of autotools and thus has to be > present > on the system when configure is run. > > > > autotools do not need to be present on the system when configure is run; only > sh.
Ooops, good point Martin , I was too obsessed with another autoconf job I've been doing - IIRC, that was/is the rationale behind checking in generated-configure.sh. -- 012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901 Dave Pointon FIAP MBCS Now I saw, tho' too late, the folly of beginning a work before we count the cost and before we we judge rightly of our strength to go thro' with it - Robinson Crusoe
