Re: use build-aux

* Eric Blake wrote on Tue, Nov 06, 2007 at 02:15:48PM CET:
> According to Ralf Wildenhues on 11/6/2007 4:31 AM:
> > You need to ensure build-aux/mkstamp exists at the end of the bootstrap.
> > You could copy it from ltdl/config/.
> 
> Or is there a better way to make libtool share build-aux, rather than
> creating its own subdirectory?

Hmm, I don't think this will work in subproject mode, unless you modify
libltdl afterwards to reflect the change.

> Perhaps using the libtoolize --nonrecursive or --recursive option?

There was a distinct reason why these setups would not work in HEAD M4.
I have forgotten why.

> > FWIW I think libtool should move to using build-aux only after moving to
> > git, thus after 2.2.
> 
> Was this sentence meant in the context of using build-aux within the
> libtool source tree, or the context of making libtoolize use build-aux of
> the project where libtool is copied to?

It was meant in the former context, but really extends to both.

Cheers,
Ralf