Re: aclocal --force

[Akim Demaille]

 >> I was wondering: how about having .stamps contain the actually output?
 >> I.e., how about having aclocal always create .stamps/aclocal.m4, and
 >> cp it onto aclocal.m4 when needed?

 Alexandre> I'm sorry I've no idea why you suggest this.  When would
 Alexandre> that be useful?

Sorry.  I was referring to the idea of using a .stamps directory to
store the time stamps that trigger the Makefile rule.  For instance,
the stamp-h files for config.h, or stamp-vti for Texinfo.

I was suggesting that these guys be 1. rename to something more
intelligible (e.g., .stamps/config.h, .stamps/version.texi), and (2)
that the actual contents of these files be the actual contents of the
destination files instead of `date`.

Am I making more sense?