On Wed, Jan 07, 2004 at 09:15:58PM +0000, Lars Hecking wrote:
> Question: how does automake know that [install-sh etc.] are in the parent directory?
> Does it always check the parent directory for such files?
It searches the AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR directories.
For standalone distributions of the subpackage to be buildable,
you have to defeat this behaviour (or rather, you had to do so
the last time I tried it), by:
AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR([.])
See http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/msg08005.html
for the gory details.
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