Re: cvs guile build/install problems

[Marius Vollmer]

Lynn Winebarger <address@hidden> writes:

> On Wednesday 20 March 2002 16:51, Marius Vollmer wrote:
> > Sorry, I tested with the wrong file.  But automake will also install
> > doc/tutorial/mdate-sh for me:
> >
> >     $ rm doc/tutorial/mdate-sh
> >     $ rm doc/ref/mdate-sh
> >     $ ./autogen.sh
> >     autoheader2.50: libguile/scmconfig.h.in is unchanged
> >     doc/ref/Makefile.am:24: installing `doc/ref/mdate-sh'
> >     doc/tutorial/Makefile.am:24: installing `doc/tutorial/mdate-sh'
> 
>    I haven't tracked down the specific problem, but I can say that
> invoking autogen.sh twice will install doc/tutorial/mdate-sh the
> second time (but not the first when it's right out of CVS).  It
> installs doc/ref/mdate-sh the first time.  I'm making a separate
> copy of the directory for building.

I can confirm this now.  The snapshots fall over because of this as
well.  It is a bug in automake, as far as I can see.  The workaround
for now is to invoke automake twice from autogen.sh (committed).  I'll
go and gently slap the automake guys for this.