Re: automake --build-dir

[Bruce Korb]

Akim Demaille wrote:
> >> Is it working for you when you start from a clean just-checked-out
> >> repository?
> 
> Alexandre> Nope.  The first problem is that autoconf needs itself to
> Alexandre> bootstrap.
> 
> Not really, the CVS repository contains the full tarball (with
> configure, Makefile.in etc.).

I just installed a cute hack in the AutoGen CVS :-)
I made an archive file named "configure" that contains
a shar archive of the generated files.  It runs, recreating
the generated files, deletes itself and then runs autoconf.
viola.