The name of the cache directory autom4te.cache (usually) is computed from the name of the executable autom4te (usually). I'm not sure if this is a good idea. Many sites create versioned installations of the autoconf executables, like autom4te-2.53, so the cleaning rules that remove this cache have to be updated with every autoconf release (which is going to be difficult for automake). The GCS ask that the behavior of a program does not depend on its name, and additionally the documentation claims that the name will be "autom4te.cache" without qualification. I suggest that the name be fixed as "autom4te.cache" and possibly that a command-line option to change the name be added.
-- Peter Eisentraut [EMAIL PROTECTED]
