Re: problems with node Utilities in Makefiles

[Karl Berry]

awk is one issue -- the argument (as I understand it) is that it is
needed to make autoconf configure scripts more efficient, and it adds
no extra bootstrap burden in practice.  (Right, Ralf?  Anything else I
should mention to rms.)

But bzip2 is another matter.  I don't see the need for it in *building
and installation*, which is what that list is about.  dist-bzip2 is
neither building nor installation, so there are no particular
restrictions on what can be run in that Makefile target.  So what's the
problem?

Thanks,
k