Re: [bug-gnulib] autogenerate m4/Makefile.am - with gnulib-tool?

[Paul Eggert]

"Oskar Liljeblad" <address@hidden> writes:

> gnulib-tool --import doesn't generate a Makefile.am file for the m4
> directory. Is there any reason for this?

You don't need m4/Makefile.am these days.  Several projects
(e.g., coreutils) doesn't have it.

> Also, it would be nice if gnulib-tool created symlinks to the source
> files by default instead of copying. An option -c/--copy would force
> the copy mode instead, just like with automake etc. Would a patch be
> accepted? Or maybe --symlink should be implemented instead?

Adding support for symlinks would be nice, but I'd mildly prefer
having copy be the default.