Hello, On Fri, Jul 01, 2005 at 03:33:55PM -0700, Paul Eggert wrote: > > P.S. I've just noticed that autoconf/aclocal.m4 also holds > > AM_MISSING_HAS_RUN. Why? To avoid dependencies? > > Yes; someone who's installing Autoconf shouldn't need Automake, > to avoid the usual bootstrapping problems. let me rephrase: aclocal.m4 is generated, it's not a primary source of autoconf. But the autoconf CVS contains many generated files (Makefile.in, configure, aclocal.m4, ...), so that you can check out autoconf and run "./configure && make all check" even if you don't have Automake installed. (Don't confuse with acinclude.m4, which _is_ primary source.) Have a nice day, Stepan _______________________________________________ Autoconf mailing list Autoconf@xxxxxxx http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/autoconf
