autoconf help needed on file output

[kg]

I am using AC_OUTPUT(PATH/FILE) to create a file FILE in directory PATH.
When I run configure on Sun Solaris or OSF system, a "./" is always
added to the beginning of PATH. If the PATH is an absolute path, e.g.
PATH=/A/DIR1/
then configure just try to look for
.//A/DIR1/
and report it cannot be found. If I use it on Linux system or if I
change the PATH to a relative path (e.g. ../../DIR1) the problem doesn't
exist.

Does this PATH have to be a relative path on Sun Solaris or OSF system?
If no, what can I do in order to eliminate that automatic "./" when
running configure on Sun Solaris and OSF?

Thank you very much.

KG

[Russell Shaw]

kg wrote:

> I am using AC_OUTPUT(PATH/FILE) to create a file FILE in directory PATH.
> When I run configure on Sun Solaris or OSF system, a "./" is always
> added to the beginning of PATH. If the PATH is an absolute path, e.g.
> PATH=/A/DIR1/
> then configure just try to look for
> .//A/DIR1/
> and report it cannot be found. If I use it on Linux system or if I
> change the PATH to a relative path (e.g. ../../DIR1) the problem doesn't
> exist.
>
> Does this PATH have to be a relative path on Sun Solaris or OSF system?
> If no, what can I do in order to eliminate that automatic "./" when
> running configure on Sun Solaris and OSF?

You should be using a path that is hard coded into configure.in,
and is relative to the top directory of the package.