Re: automake-ize -- slow going

[Mark D. Baushke]

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Chad Walstrom <address@hidden> writes:

> Well, I thought I was clipping right along with converting the GNATS
> build process to automake, but realize that there is a lot of cleanup
> to do.  The target version of the tools I'll be using is automake (and
> aclocal) 1.8, and autoconf 2.59.

For what it is worth, the cvshome.org project has moved to automake
1.9.5 which fixes a fair number of problems. The only one remaining is
some problems with bison dependencies even when folks do not use
- --enable-maintainer-mode (btw: The CVSHOME are eagerly awaiting automake
1.10 which will have a fix for this problem). The CVS project is also
using autoconf 2.59.

> My biggest hangup right now is trying to get AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR to
> actually set ac_aux_dir in the generated configure file.

Is there a good reason not to just use the

AC_INIT([GNATS],[version],address@hidden,[gnats])
AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR(build-aux)
AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([gnu 1.8 dist-bzip2 no-define])
AC_PREREQ(2.59)

to set the ac_aux_dir ? You may also want to move to 1.9.5 as I believe
it has a number of nits fixed.

> It's not happening, and running autoupdate to update the configure.ac
> file isn't running all the way through. There's more manual cleanup
> for me to do.
> 
> I'll keep you posted.

        Thanks,
        -- Mark
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