Re: link-warning a build-aux file?

[Bruno Haible]

Hi Simon,

> Hi!  Do we need to put link-warning.h in build-aux/?  Since it is a C
> header file, having it in the lib/ directory seems cleaner to me.

The file is not included by the C compiler. It's used by some Makefile rules
that don't involve a compiler. Therefore build-aux/ is the natural place for it.
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnulib/2007-02/msg00189.html

The suffix .h is only so that an editor can choose the right syntax
highlighting automatically.

> (I noticed this because my build-aux directory is '.', so all gnulib
> scripts end up in my top-level project directory

Ah, that's your problem with it! :-)

I gave up this choice long ago. 'install-sh', 'missing', 'texinfo.tex',
'config.sub' etc. are not files that a user who looks into a package for
the first time should see, IMO.

Bruno