>>>>> "Alexandre" == Alexandre Oliva <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Alexandre> Not if acversion.m4.in appears after acversion.m4 in the
Alexandre> tar-file. In this case, it would be overwritten.
Pfff.
>> Nevertheless, you'll see that the test suite uses config.hin to
>> make your life easier.
Alexandre> How about using .m4in instead?
Gross.
>> | It would also be more consistent with the naming conventions |
>> autoconf uses for templates (name + .in).
>> Agreed, _because_ of the last argument.
Alexandre> Ditto. .sh and .pl should be scripts, not files that have
Alexandre> to be preprocessed to become scripts. These should be
Alexandre> .shin and .plin
Well, if we created autoconf.sh, but since we create autoconf,
autoconf.in is enough. I suppose .pl and .sh were first used to make
it easier to write the Makefile rules. Since they are now fully
expanded...
