Top Level Autoconfiscation Status

[Andrew Cagney]

> In message <20020630221237.A2110@hollebeek.com>, Tim Hollebeek writes:
>  >> * To avoid a lot of subtle problems, configure uses absolute pathnames
>  >> for most directories which it puts into the Makefile.  This means you
>  >> can no longer 'configure', relocate srcdir or builddir, and then 'make'.
>  >> I doubt that this is important.
> I do this regularly -- especially on machines where configure is slow
> (hpux, aix, solaris).

I believe that both BFD and READLINE (in src) are currently broken in 
this regard (DJE reported problems).  There was a somewhat underwelming 
response (see binutils) when it was suggested that developers should be 
responsible for ensuring that this obscure functionality continues to work.

>  >It could cause problems with mounted directories, which can have
>  >different names on different machines.  E.g. if I do a "make" in
>  >/usr/export/src/gcc and then try to do a "make install" in
>  >/net/src/gcc on a different machine.
> Also a real problem.

Andrew