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Re: 3.2 PATCH: Avoid hardcoded uses of pwd
Mark Mitchell writes:
> Can we not simply set PWDCMD correctly on one place, and then invoke
> it as ${PWDCMD} -- without the "pwd" fallback?
>
> If necessary, we could even have the top-level configure create a script
> that does the right thing, and then have the Makefiles invoke
> $objdir/pwd, or some such.
This could work as a GCC-only approach, but has the disadvantage that it
won't be able to be easily integrated into autoconf, automake, and
libtool. I suppose allowing the user to set PWDCMD as reqired, but falling
back to the default pwd as a default is much more acceptable there.
Rainer