The poll result is:
for 'build-aux': 5 votes (Paolo Bonzini, Sergey Poznyakoff, Bruno Haible,
Jim Meyering, Stepan Kasal)
for 'buildaux': 2 votes (Paul Smith, Alexandre Duret-Lutz)
So here is a proposed patch for autoconf's manual, to mention the
common name. I also switched to using this directory name in gnulib,
gettext, libiconv and clisp.
2005-03-22 Bruno Haible <bruno@xxxxxxxxx>
* doc/autoconf.texi (Input): Mention that AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR's
argument is often called 'build-aux'.
diff -c -3 -r1.882 autoconf.texi
*** doc/autoconf.texi 10 Mar 2005 12:17:03 -0000 1.882
--- doc/autoconf.texi 22 Mar 2005 14:52:30 -0000
***************
*** 1767,1774 ****
name is obsolete because some @code{make} have a rule that creates
@file{install} from it if there is no @file{Makefile}.
! If you need portability to @acronym{DOS} variants, do not name the
! auxiliary directory @file{aux}. @xref{File System Conventions}.
@end defmac
@defmac AC_REQUIRE_AUX_FILE (@var{file})
--- 1767,1775 ----
name is obsolete because some @code{make} have a rule that creates
@file{install} from it if there is no @file{Makefile}.
! The auxiliary directory is commonly named @file{build-aux}. If you need
! portability to @acronym{DOS} or Microsoft Windows, do not name this
! directory @file{aux}. @xref{File System Conventions}.
@end defmac
@defmac AC_REQUIRE_AUX_FILE (@var{file})
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