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Re: [patch] small tweak to top level configure.in


On Jul  4, 2002, Nathanael Nerode <neroden@doctormoo.dyndns.org> wrote:

> On Thu, Jul 04, 2002 at 12:37:25PM -0400, DJ Delorie wrote:
>> 
>> Why not call it abs_builddir to be consistent and less confusing (wrt
>> $pwd)?

> Wise.  Will revise.  Patch withdrawn, and thanks.

Also, beware non-silent `cd'.  autoconf 2.5x goes to some trouble in
the use of `cd $dir && pwd' to avoid issues of shells that echo the
pwd after a cd, more commonly when CDPATH is set.

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