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Re: Update autoconf in binutils and ld directories and import ylwrap
On Tue, 17 May 2005, Daniel Jacobowitz wrote:
> > also binutils build create files in source tree:
> >
> > ? src/binutils/doc/binutils.info
> > ? src/bfd/doc/bfd.info
> > ? src/gas/doc/as.info
> > ? src/gprof/gprof.info
>
> Yes. Oddly enough this appears to be the convention, and automake
> wants to do it that way.
They are expected to be distributed, so with a release they are already
there. It would be odd to have another copy in the build tree, wouldn't
it?
Maciej