I want to keep the root dir of my project as clean as possible so im trying to use a seperate directory for the autotool scripts.
In my configure.ac i have AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR(./buildtools) I do the following to add the required autotools files $ automake --add-missing configure.ac: installing `./buildtools/install-sh' configure.ac: installing `./buildtools/mkinstalldirs' configure.ac: installing `./buildtools/missing' Makefile.am: installing `./INSTALL' Makefile.am: installing `./COPYING' src/Makefile.am: installing `./buildtools/compile' src/Makefile.am: installing `./buildtools/depcomp' then when i run ./configure i get configure: error: cannot find install-sh or install.sh in . ./.. ./../.. Shouldnt configure be looking in the dir specified by AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR ? Im using automake 1.6.2 and autoconf 2.53 on debian unstable (sid). Glenn
