Re: delete aclocal.m4? keep generated files on cvs server? enforce specefic automake/conf version?

[Derek Robert Price]

Bjarke Freund-Hansen wrote:

> I'm new at developing on POSIX systems, so I have a few questions (as
> the subject might indicate ;))
>
> Should I include aclocal.m4 in MAINTAINERCLEANFILES, and regenerate it
> every time i regenerate the built files? (runs autogen.sh)

It depends whether you want to expect everyone who might build source 
from your CVS repository to have all the autotools installed or not.  In 
general, I think most projects choose to check them in.

> Is it advisable to keep the generated configure and friends on the cvs
> server, or should I run make maintainer-clean before I commit/import?

Same answer, though if you decide against checking them in you could 
just add the files to the local .cvsignore file to have CVS stop telling 
you they are around when you don't wich to check them in.

> And last, but not least. ;) How is the proper way to enforce specific
> automake/autoconf versions in the autogen.sh script?

configure.in:

   AC_VERSION(<autoconf version  number>)

Makefile.am:

   AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = <automake version number>

Derek

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