Re: _AC_OUTPUT_SUBDIRS: check for configure.gnu as well [Resend]

[Thomas Dickey]

On Mon, Sep 11, 2000 at 09:17:33AM +0200, Akim Demaille wrote:
> | 
> | This patch makes autoconf prefer configure.gnu over configure when
> | configuring subdirectories; this is usefull if these subdirectories also
> | contain packages not using autoconf.
> | 
> | This patch originates from the GeekGadgets project
> | (http://www.ninemoons.com/GG/).
> 
> I don't understand this `configure.gnu' stuff.  Why is not named
> configure?  This name is not reserved to Autoconf.

It's used in the perl packages which have used 'Configure' for some time
(but since it doesn't work on filesystems whose names are caseless, the
alternate name was chosen).

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