RE: AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE Call in Automake 1.7

[Drummonds, Scott B]

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> I'm not sure, but I think another possibility might be that the
> right aclocal program is still finding the old 1.4 macros.

Hmmm...  I think you're on to something.  The previous build owner added
some additional macros to the default source of aclocal macros.  He put
them in m4 files in the same directory.  As such, when I have the new
aclocal point to the new macro source location (using "--acdir"),
autoconf fails (additional macros not found).  When I have it point to
the old source, automake fails (AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE fails).

I've tried playing around with different combinations (and sequences) of
"--acdir" and "-I", hoping that I could get an invokation that would get
the 1.7 macros and the original ones provided by the build maintainer,
to no avail.  It seems that as long as the original "--acdir" directory
is specified (either with "--acdir" or "-I"), automake fails with the
same problems.

Any ideas on how I can just use the right files in the old aclocal
config directory?  FWIW, the brute force method of copying out all files
that the previous owner added to the aclocal config directory to another
directory does work.  So, I have a solution to this problem, and am on
to another one.

Also, what exactly is the difference between --acdir and -I?

Thanks,
Scott