Re: Autoconf should not require to be in the path

[Paul Eggert]

> Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2002 22:36:27 -0500 (EST)
> From: Peter Eisentraut <address@hidden>
> 
> Would it at least make sense that if autoconf is called
> 
> /mumble/autoconf
> 
> then
> 
> /mumble/autom4te
> 
> is called?

That would violate the GNU coding standards, which say:

   Please don't make the behavior of a utility depend on the name used
   to invoke it.  It is useful sometimes to make a link to a utility
   with a different name, and that should not change what it does.