>    	cd /somewhere/anywhere
>    	/usr/src/gnu/dist/configure ...
>    That will create all the files outside of /usr/src/gnu/dist
>    so that gnu/dist stays unmodified, and can even be used as a
>    common source area for building different configurations.
> 
> in my experience, *some* files remain being generated
> with in the source directory.

Then you have found a bug in the GNU software, and somebody at Cygnus or
the FSF would love to receive some diffs from you that fix the problem.

Todd Whitesel
toddpw @ best.com