Re: [PATCH] autoconf: Use autoconf to write installation directories to config.mak
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> This is beginning of patch series introducing installation configuration
> using autoconf (and no other autotools) to git. The idea is to generate
> config.mak using ./configure (generated from configure.ac) from
> config.mak.in, so one can use autoconf as an _alternative_ to ordinary
> Makefile, and creating one's own config.mak.
Are you sure this should be named config.mak? From INSTALL:
> You can place local settings in config.mak and the Makefile
> will include them. Note that config.mak is not distributed;
> the name is reserved for local settings.
So with another filename either include it
- before config.mak: the user may override ./configure options with
config.mak
- after config.mak: ./configure overrides config.mak
At least do not overwrite config.mak if it exists.