> 
> The reason for removing /usr/bin/auto* was because the creators of auto*,
> in all of their wisdom, decided that if those programs happen to exist on
> your system, ./configure should be rebuilt and rerun when you *attempt* to
> run make.
> 
> I say *attempt* because I have never seen a machine where those damned
> auto* scripts actually work.
> 

Funny, the projects not based on kproject seem to work fine.  Not every project
I use forces the run of autotools -- not sure where that comes from.  I
recently purchased the autoconf book and hope to get better at this.

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