On 04/07/2012 04:48 AM, Akim Demaille wrote: > I have tried to get some inspiration from the coreutils, > but they don't use gnu lib's Makefile.in.in either.
Yes they do -- gnulib-tool copies it and coreutils bootstrap.conf tailors it. Look for "Makefile.in.in" in those two files. Coreutils formerly had its own copy but started using gnulib's back in 2006.