Re: placing files in AC_CONFIG_AUX

[Earnie Boyd]

Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> 
> G.L. Grobe writes:
> 
> > I'd like to have files like aclocal.m4, config.log, config.status,
> > etc... all placed in the ~/config dir to make things a bit cleaner.
> 

Well config.log and config.status belong in the build tree not the
source tree.  You'll only get these files in the source tree by using
the source tree as the build tree.  You should be able to do a `make
distclean' to clean up.

> Move configure there as well.
> 
> However, such a setup would be highly unusual and sure to confuse your
> users.
> 

Yes, it's not standard.

Earnie.