./configure command

[Ralf Corsepius]

On Mon, 2006-04-10 at 15:46 -0500, Michael Hennebry wrote:

> > output could include complex if/then type arrangements.
> 
> Weren't autotools supposed to eliminate that sort of thing?
Nope they aren't. Their primary goal is portability and adaptability of
package configuration to different systems.

> From your comment, I gather they didn't.
How could they and why should they? 

Trying to trace "make install" requires much more than redefining
command or tracing the printed log a "make install" may issue.

Ralf