On Tue, 2005-12-20 at 03:31 +0000, Harlan Stenn wrote: > My POLA is that config.status produces the Makefiles, config.h, and > maybe other things. True, but ... * config.status's primary task is acting as cache for files it _wants_ to generate. * config.h's (autoheaders) only can change when running configure. I.e. technically there is no need to generate them from inside of config.status. > Having a file that is only produced when configure is run is > counter-intuitive. I beg to differ, IMO, it's just being stylish ;) Ralf _______________________________________________ Autoconf mailing list Autoconf@xxxxxxx http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/autoconf