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Re: 1.8 and mkdir_p
- From: Harlan Stenn <hstenn at cisco dot com>
- To: Bruno Haible <bruno at clisp dot org>
- Cc: Alexandre Duret-Lutz <adl at src dot lip6 dot fr>,Scott James Remnant <scott at netsplit dot com>, automake at gnu dot org,hstenn at cisco dot com
- Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2004 15:56:54 -0800
- Subject: Re: 1.8 and mkdir_p
> This is too simple. It increases the temptation to use the distro's name,
> instead of writing an autoconf test. I've already explained that this is
> undesirable because it limits the freedom to fork a new distribution.
You keep insisting that the output only be used for autoconf.
I am talking about using the info outside of autoconf.
H