Re: top_builddir vs. builddir

[Stepan Kasal]

Hello,

> As of autoconf 2.59, in toplevel Makefile @top_builddir@ appears to
> be empty, while @builddir@ is ".".

I believe this is an autoconf bug, and I'll answer that in a separate mail.

> While apparently $(top_builddir) is "." and $(builddir) is empty.

This is an automake bug, so I'm directing this mail to bug-automake.

I think that all Automake generated Makefile.in's should contain

builddir = .

Have a nice day,
        Stepan Kasal