On Mon, Sep 11, 2000 at 06:18:59AM -0700, Earnie Boyd wrote:
: --- "Lars J. Aas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: > I've started using AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR(aux) and stow away files into aux/.
:
: PORTABILITY Issue: aux should not be used as a directory, filename or filename
: part (i.e. aux, aux.foo or foo.aux) as it is treated as a device by DOS and
: WIN32. If the directory/file gets created it's almost impossible to get rid of
: and is unusable.
BTW, it might be a good idea to document this with AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR in the
Autoconf documentation? It's not like I went crazy when I chose the name for
the directory :)
Lars J
