I would like to suggest again something which has been rejected the
first time...
I would like Autoconf to know PACKAGE and VERSION too. Of course it
is not essential to it as it is for Automake, but I would like it for
several small issues, each time for esthetic purposes.
1. It would allow to have configure --version and config.status
--version which state some information about the project. I find
this much more beautiful :)
2. It would allow to dump it into config.log (don't laugh, I've
already received wrong config.logs :)
3. It would allow to solve parts of the wishes for a deep --help: each
--help section coming from a nested package come start with a label
stating where it comes from.
4. Plenty of other uses, I'm sure.
If the answer is yes, what is the interface you'd suggest?
AC_PACKAGE(Autoconf, 2.14a)?
I'd like to avoid the Automake third arg trick to disable AC_DEFINE,
there are probably more esthetic means to achieve this.
Akim
