Re: dispatching

[olafBuddenhagen]

Hi,

> > Somewhere early during ./configure, the host type is checked. If it is
> > GNU (Hurd), an ordinary build is prepared. (Checking libs, using
> > automake-generated makefile etc.) However, if it's Linux, the behaviour
> > changes completely: All the ordinary checks are skipped; instead of an
> > automake-generated makefile, a simple, hand-written makefile is used,
> > with only a couple of configuration variables substituted.
> 
> Autoconf does not preclude building a `configure' that behaves as you 
> describe,
> but it is an awkward fit.

Sorry, not sure what you mean by "awkward fit"?

-Olaf-