--- Peter Simons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> 
> True, using "dnl", the comments won't make it into the generated
> configure script, but my guess is that hardly any user ever really
> looks into the shell scripts. As long as the comments are contained in
> the m4 source, this seems to suffice.
> 

I just want to add that seeing the comments in the generated scripts is an
added benefit to the newbie trying to learn what's happening.  It more clearly
shows how we get from foo.in to foo.sh and makes the process easier to
assimilate.

Cheers,

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   Earnie Boyd: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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