Re: [patch 01/15] autoreconf doesnt always do the right thing, add manual variant

[Marc Kleine-Budde <mkl@pengutronix.de>]

Darren Hart wrote:

>> Right - with "AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([config/m4])" in configure.ac we
>> instruct autoconf to put all autogenerated suff into config/m4, to keep
>> the root of the project clean. If you run autogen or autoreconf this
>> directory must be existent, at least with the tool when I collected our
>> autoconf-skeleton (about 1,5 years ago). This file ensures that this
>> directory is present.

> It appears that config/autoconf also needs to be present.  I have committed 
> that to rcs as well.  However, is the general consensus that I should revert 
> the autoconf.sh to what it was with the initial 0.3 release and remove the 
> config directory from rcs ?

I mixed things up a bit. AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR([config/autoconf]) is where 
autoconf puts its autogenerated stuff, and 
AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([config/m4]) is where it's looking for additional m4 
files. All dirs need to be present.

Marc

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