diff -u gnulib-tool.v0 gnulib-tool
--- gnulib-tool.v0	2005-03-23 18:50:41.899484902 +0100
+++ gnulib-tool	2005-03-23 19:13:47.641279896 +0100
@@ -88,6 +88,8 @@
                             placed (default \"lib\"), for --import.
       --m4-base=DIRECTORY   Directory relative --dir where *.m4 macros are
                             placed (default \"m4\"), for --import.
+      --aux-dir=DIRECTORY   Directory relative --dir where auxiliary build
+                            tools are placed (default \".\"), for --import.
       --lgpl                Abort if modules aren't available under the LGPL.
                             Also modify license template from GPL to LGPL.
       --libtool             Use libtool rules, for --import.
@@ -159,6 +161,7 @@
 # - libname, supplied_libname  from --lib
 # - sourcebase      from --source-base
 # - m4base          from --m4-base
+# - auxdir          from --aux-dir
 # - libtool         true if --libtool was given, blank otherwise
 # - lgpl            true if --lgpl was given, blank otherwise
 # - do_changelog    false if --no-changelog was given, : otherwise
@@ -170,6 +173,7 @@
   supplied_libname=
   sourcebase=
   m4base=
+  auxdir=
   libtool=
   lgpl=
   do_changelog=:
@@ -243,6 +247,16 @@
       --m4-base=* )
         m4base=`echo "X$1" | sed -e 's/^X--m4-base=//'`
         shift ;;
+      --aux-dir )
+        shift
+        if test $# = 0; then
+          func_fatal_error "missing argument for --aux-dir"
+        fi
+        auxdir=$1
+        shift ;;
+      --aux-dir=* )
+        auxdir=`echo "X$1" | sed -e 's/^X--aux-dir=//'`
+        shift ;;
       --libtool )
         libtool=true
         shift ;;
@@ -553,7 +567,7 @@
   for f in $files; do
     source=
     case "$f" in
-      config/*) g=`echo "$f" | sed -e 's,^config/,,'` ;;
+      build-aux/*) g=`echo "$f" | sed -e "s,^build-aux/,$auxdir/,"` ;;
       lib/*) g=`echo "$f" | sed -e "s,^lib/,$sourcebase/,"`; source=true ;;
       m4/*) g=`echo "$f" | sed -e "s,^m4/,$m4base/,"` ;;
       *) g="$f" ;;
@@ -577,7 +591,7 @@
   if test -n "$lgpl"; then
     opt_lgpl="--lgpl"
   fi
-  actioncmd="gnulib-tool --import --dir=$destdir --lib=$libname --source-base=$sourcebase --m4-base=$m4base $opt_libtool $opt_lgpl `echo $modules`"
+  actioncmd="gnulib-tool --import --dir=$destdir --lib=$libname --source-base=$sourcebase --m4-base=$m4base --aux-dir=$auxdir $opt_libtool $opt_lgpl `echo $modules`"
 
   # Create lib/Makefile.am.
   echo "Creating $destdir/$sourcebase/Makefile.am..."
@@ -684,7 +698,9 @@
 
   # Create directories.
   for d in `echo "$files" | sed -n -e 's,^\(.*\)/[^/]*,\1,p'`; do
-    if test "$d" != config; then
+    if test "$d" = build-aux; then
+      mkdir -p "$testdir/$auxdir"
+    else
       mkdir -p "$testdir/$d"
     fi
   done
@@ -692,7 +708,7 @@
   # Copy files.
   for f in $files; do
     case "$f" in
-      config/*) g=`echo "$f" | sed -e 's,^config/,,'` ;;
+      build-aux/*) g=`echo "$f" | sed -e "s,^build-aux/,$auxdir/,"` ;;
       *) g="$f" ;;
     esac
     ln "$gnulib_dir/$f" "$testdir/$g" 2>/dev/null ||
@@ -873,6 +889,9 @@
       /gl_LIB/   {
         s,^.*gl_LIB([[         ]*\([^])]*\).*$,ac_libname="\1",; p;
       };
+      /AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR/  {
+        s,^.*AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR([[         ]*\([^])]*\).*$,ac_auxdir="\1",; p;
+      }
       /A[CM]_PROG_LIBTOOL/ { s,^.*$,seen_libtool=:,; p; };
       /LT_INIT/            { s,^.*$,seen_libtool=:,; p; };
       /gl_LGPL/            { s,^.*$,lgpl=true,; p; };
@@ -898,6 +917,13 @@
       || (test -z "$dry_run" && mkdir "$destdir/$m4base") \
       || func_fatal_error "m4 base $destdir/$m4base doesn't exist"
 
+    # Set up auxiliary directory.
+    test -z "$auxdir" && auxdir="$ac_auxdir"
+    test -z "$auxdir" && auxdir="."
+    test -d "$destdir/$auxdir" \
+      || (test -z "$dry_run" && mkdir "$destdir/$auxdir") \
+      || func_fatal_error "aux directory $destdir/$auxdir doesn't exist"
+
     # Using libtool?
     if test -n "$seen_libtool"; then
       libtool=true