Re: [Groff] top_builddir problems

[Colin Watson]

On Mon, Jun 17, 2002 at 10:16:17AM +0200, Werner LEMBERG wrote:

> > Is it a bug in autoconf that top_builddir can end up empty?
> 
> Yes.  This is the fix AFAIK:
> 
>   2002-04-09  Andreas Schwab  <address@hidden>
> 
>           * lib/autoconf/status.m4 (_AC_SRCPATHS): Handle empty
>           ac_top_builddir when setting ac_abs_top_builddir.

That will prevent abs_top_builddir from ending up as my home directory,
but groff's Makefile.in uses top_builddir (which will remain empty after
this patch), so I don't think this will help.

I came up with the following patch to bypass autoconf's top_builddir
altogether:

--- groff.orig/src/xditview/Imakefile.in
+++ groff/src/xditview/Imakefile.in
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 address@hidden@
 address@hidden@
 address@hidden@
address@hidden@
address@hidden@
 
 version=`cat $(top_srcdir)/VERSION`
 # No additional number if revision is zero
--- groff.orig/doc/Makefile.in
+++ groff/doc/Makefile.in
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 address@hidden@
 address@hidden@
 address@hidden@
address@hidden@
address@hidden@
 
 
 # Since info files are distributed within the groff package, no
--- groff.orig/Makefile.in
+++ groff/Makefile.in
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 address@hidden@
 address@hidden@
 address@hidden@
address@hidden@
address@hidden@
 
 version=`cat $(top_srcdir)/VERSION`
 # No additional number if revision is zero
--- groff.orig/aclocal.m4
+++ groff/aclocal.m4
@@ -460,8 +460,8 @@
 dnl This simplifies Makefile rules.
 dnl
 AC_DEFUN(GROFF_BUILDDIR,
-[top_builddir=`pwd`
-AC_SUBST(top_builddir)])dnl
+[groff_top_builddir=`pwd`
+AC_SUBST(groff_top_builddir)])dnl
 dnl
 dnl
 dnl Check for EBCDIC - stolen from the OS390 Unix LYNX port

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Colin Watson                                  address@hidden