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In article <5ld6ibdr0a.fsf@rum.cs.yale.edu>,
Stefan Monnier <monnier+gnu.emacs.help/news/@flint.cs.yale.edu> wrote:
>It seems that Dave understands autoconf a bit better so he uses
>a more principled way to do it.

FWIW, there does exist a book about Autoconf,
although the customer-blurbs on Amazon say
that it's already out of date, and leaves
out lots of stuff.

I assume it's a lot better than having no book at all.

David

PS: thanks for your method of getting the make
to work.