Re: Use emacs' autoconf-mode; some minor cleanup

[Tim Van Holder]

> Is it really necessary to specify the package name and version 
> number twice 
> with autoconf-2.50 (AC_INIT and AM_INIT_AYTOMAKE)?  If so, it 
> sucks.  What 

Well, the automake macro sets PACKAGE and VERSIOn, and is the most
important one.  The arguments to AC_INIT merely customize the
output of configure --version and configure --help:

with plain AC_INIT, you get

[--help]
`configure' configures this package to adapt to many kinds of systems.

[--version]

<copyright message>

with AC_INIT(flubber, 1.2.3, address@hidden), you get

[--help]
`configure' configures flubber 1.2.3 to adapt to many kinds of systems.

[--version]
flubber configure 1.2.3
generated by GNU Autoconf 2.50

<copyright message>

So, it's purely cosmetic really - but still nice.