> Maybe "recursive" was not the right word. What I meant
> was that you set up some cfg file to look at dir1, dir2 and dir3
> (like you do it today). and the in dir2 there is another file that
> can tell you to look at dir2\sub1, dir2\sub2, ... and so on
> 
> So you just look at places someone tell you, but in each place
> there is an option to add more places to scan (usually a sub dir).

There is option to do this, it just won't be generic.
(I just deleted such solution yesterday)

>>> As for packaging, maybe a section could be added to the GNU Makefiles?
>>> (clear, install, packaging, ...) that would take care of special anomalies 
>>> if
>>> needed.
> 
>> Maybe, and it could potentially be better, since
>> it would work regardless of packaging, I don't
>> know who will do it though. It would also need to
>> maintain a large number of additional Makefile,
>> so just for the sake of winuni packaging, the
>> work seems overkill.
> 
> Can't it be part of INSTALL section? you already copy all bunch
> of files to some destination directories. Or just add new PACKAGING
> section to current Makefile(s) that are relevant?
> 
> I don't know the actual impelemtation so these are just abstact ideas.

Even installing 'doc' dir is full of ugly hacks, so 
I'm not sure how to create such system for misc files 
spanning to arbitrary dirs, while keeping it maintainable.

Brgds,
Viktor

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