Re: [RFC] Update to current automake/autoconf/libtool versions.

Ian Lance Taylor
2002-12-05T23:39:02Z

Alan Modra <amodra@bigpond.net.au> writes:

> On Thu, Dec 05, 2002 at 02:55:38PM -0800, Ian Lance Taylor wrote:
> > Perhaps --enable-maintainer-mode could be extended to specify a PATH
> > to use to find the tools.
>
> It would need to be on a per-directory basis. Something like
>
> --enable-maintainer-mode=\
> "gdb:/usr/local/000227/bin,libstdc++-v3:/usr/local/oldauto/bin,*:yes"

Yes, I suppose that would be required to support a single
--enable-maintainer-mode at the top level.

On the other hand, I personally usually run a basic configure at the
top level, and then run configure again in the subdirectories for
which I want to use --enable-maintainer-mode.

Ian