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Re: Announcing the (RSN) release of metaconf

In article <Pine.LNX.4.05.9905020237470.16777-100000@deepthought.rich-paul.net>, rich-paul@rich-paul.net wrote:
>[...] I'm calling the result metaconf, since
>it is used to gather metainformation about configure scripts.

There's already a configuration system (used by perl and trn IIRC) called
metaconfig.  It's broadly similar to autoconf (to the user at least) except
it keeps asking you questions.  It even gets a mention in the introduction
to the autoconf manual.

I do wonder if it might be wiser to pick a less similar name.

Cheers,
Olly