Re: Please test autoreconf from zack/autoreconf-exclude branch

Zack Weinberg wrote:
> > Why implement a new option for this, instead of using the existing
> > environment variables which have been supported by autoreconf
> > since 2001?
> 
> Discoverability.  If someone's having a problem with autoreconf running
> something it shouldn't, and they look at autoreconf --help, the --exclude
> option will be right there.  The --help text does also mention the
> environment variables, but they're described as a way to control *what
> command* is run

+1. The first time I saw someone use

  AUTOPOINT=true autoreconf

as a way to tell autoreconf not to invoke 'autopoint', I found it strange.
The --exclude option definitely will lead to more understandable shell
scripts and build recipes.

Bruno