>> but: if there is this golden rule to always have them included first, >> there should be no harm if they would include inclusion guards. >> >> what am I missing here? > > There may be several config.h files, each of which has somewhat different > content. Bing! How do you include several config.h files? In general, a C file starts with #if defined(HAVE_CONFIG_H) # include "config.h" #endif This would never include more than one, I think. Carsten _______________________________________________ Autoconf mailing list Autoconf@xxxxxxx http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/autoconf