Hi Hans-Bernhard - you wrote recently, in connection with bug#37499:
This may actually be related to my ancient bug entry #20699.
Comparing this bug (https://bugs.gnu.org/20699) with 37499, yeah,
perhaps they are related, but I tend to think not, since the OP in 37499
is not using subdir-obje
Hi Fabrizio - unfortunately, your examples work for me, in that I can
run, in the proj/ directory, either
./configure --with-mylib=../lib
or
./configure --with-mylib=/abs/path/to/autotool-bug/lib
and then make, in either the proj/ directory or the proj/src
subdirectory, and it all completes succes