Re: autoconf-WIP branch (update)

i have pushed a new WIP branch with some minimal changes

configure.old is now configure.static. i've tried to move configure (the
autotools variant) to configure.gnu, but sanitychecks expect "configure"
within $srcdir. i don't have time to rewrite that, probably it's not
worth it...

the literals "bsim" and "spice3f" are now gone. and there is a
.gitignore stub.

On Fri, Jul 19, 2013 at 09:16:51AM -0400, al davis wrote:
> 1. Is there a way to hide the clutter?  Files like config.guess, 
> depcomp, ....  These really shouldn't be up front where they are 
> the first thing people see.  Can this stuff be in a subdir 
> "autoconf-generated-files"?

i have moved m4 to .autotools/m4. i will keep trying to move more stuff
into .autotools. maybe, if i come across something.

> 5. Some other programs that use autoconf have managed to tame 
> some of the compile time clutter.  Can (should) we do that too?

what exactly is compile-time clutter? if you choose to build inside
another directory, any clutter will be seperated from the source code.

regards
felix