On Thu, 2005-12-01 at 23:55 +0000, Patrick Welche wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 01, 2005 at 09:38:31PM +0100, Alexandre Duret-Lutz wrote:
> > >>> "RB" == Ross Boylan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > 
> >  RB> 5. The autoconf manual has no index entry for aclocal.  There is one 
> > for
> >  RB> aclocal.m4, and the text refers to aclocal.  Is aclocal deprecated?
> > 
> > aclocal is part of Automake, not autoconf.  The Automake manual
> > documents aclocal and explains how to handle local macros properly.
> 
> Isn't the long term goal "aclocal must be subsumed into autoconf"? What is
> preventing this from happening sooner rather than later?
> 
Some of the posts I reviewed suggested that the long-term goal was
"aclocal must die."




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