Brian May wrote: > For starters: some packages (eg openldap) patch the Configure.in > script at build time, hence require autoconf to rebuild the Configure > script. > > True, this situation is a bit unusual, but I believe this is a correct > answer to your question... Yes, I do the same. I find a 1 line patch to configure.in is better than the 500+ line diff that typically results comparing the generated configure scripts.. -- see shy jo