Re: config.{sub,guess} proposal

[Gordon Matzigkeit <gord@trick.fig.org>]

Hi!

>>>>> Jim Pick writes:

 JP> Part of the problem is that autoconf, automake, libtool, dejagnu
 JP> and other tools each provide their own versions of these files.
 JP> As a result, they get out-of-date and out-of-sync as the source
 JP> packages age.
[...]

Speaking from the libtool perspective, Per's recommendation is fine.

Currently, libtool only bundles these files because not all developers
want to install autoconf or automake to use libtool.  On a Debian
system, libtool's files should definitely defer to the most recent
ones from CVS.

Thanks,

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