RE: package with hard-coded shell path

["Larson, Timothy E." <TELarson%west.com@localhost>]

> [Please fix your MUA to wrap lines, thanks]

I tried praying to Saint Bill, but Outlook remains broken.  :(

> > Since this particular case is to run a customized autoconf/automake
> > script supplied by the authors, maybe there should be a standard
> > "autostuff" phase for these actions rather than putting them into
> > pre-configure when needed.  By default NO_AUTOSTUFF would be "yes".
> > This would preserve the pre-phase, phase, post-phase symmetry,
> instead
> > of adding pre-pre-pre-phase oddities for some and not for others.
> 
> The hook exists for other things. E.g. cmake uses it too.
> Why do you have to run this from pre-configure, btw?

The Guide recommends running autoconf/automake in pre-configure if they are 
needed.

Tim