Hello Bruno, all, * Bruno Haible wrote on Mon, Jan 22, 2007 at 05:48:53PM CET: > Jim Meyering wrote: > > I wonder which use case made it so using AC_SUBST wasn't an option. > > IIRC, it is when the user specifies > ../path/configure --srcdir=../path > with a relative pathname. Normally you can omit --srcdir, because configure > finds it by itself; This is correct. > then $ac_srcdir is an absolute path; This is wrong. > then $(install_sh) is an absolute path as well. > Such a usage is rare. With due respect, this is wrong, too. Hope that helps. Cheers, Ralf _______________________________________________ Autoconf mailing list Autoconf@xxxxxxx http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/autoconf
