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Re: include bindir in AUTOM4TE default


From: Akim Demaille
Subject: Re: include bindir in AUTOM4TE default
Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2002 16:38:15 +0100
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>>>>> "Ralf" == Ralf Corsepius <address@hidden> writes:

juhp> How about moving autom4te from bindir to say datadir?
>> I'm against that!
Ralf> I am for it (Not necessarily datadir, but outside of bindir).

Why?

>> autom4te is public.
Ralf> Why? Please elaborate. With my limited mental horizon I fail to
Ralf> see how it can be applied directly, i.e. not underneath of
Ralf> autoconf etc.

In a perfect world, there would not be autoconf, just autom4te -l
autoconf.


>> For the time being, it is just not documented, but it is not meant
>> to be in datadir at all.

Ralf> Hmm, for now autom4te is nothing but an internal implementation
Ralf> detail.

wrt autoconf, autom4te is nothing but an implementation detail.  Wrt
to Autoconf, M4sugar, M4sh, Autotest etc. autom4te is the entry point.



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