The patch you cite is also useful (imo) and solves a different problem. The patch I sent in from the mpkg folks lets one sepcify path information on a per-shell basis, which is needed (for example) in Configuration Management.
The patch below is useful for per-site decisions. H -- > >>> "Harlan" == Harlan Stenn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Harlan> The mpkg folks apply a patch to automake to allow it to support > Harlan> ACLOCAL_PATH. > > Harlan> This is most useful for places that want to support > Harlan> multiple versions of libtool and keep the libtool > Harlan> installation independent of any installed versions of > Harlan> automake. > > There is also the following patch flying around for this. What > do you think of it? > > http://mail.gnu.org/pipermail/automake-patches/2002-May/000787.html > > [...] > > -- > Alexandre Duret-Lutz >