Re: [Ltib] Creating auto build files

[Stuart Hughes]

Hi Thomas,

Normally you would not expect to run aclocal/autoconf/automake etc.
These are generally reserved for the developers of the packages.
Effectively the Makefile.in and configure files distributed by the
maintainers are fixed as far as end users are concerned.

Normally the process is simply:

configure
make
make install

Regards, Stuart

On Thu, 2007-09-06 at 09:38 -0400, Thomas A. Moulton wrote:
> I have been having some problems with the autobuild files of a package I
> am creating.
> 
> Looking at another package I am familiar with (gnubg) it has the following
> steps
> 
> set -x
> aclocal -I m4
> libtoolize --force --copy
> autoheader
> automake --add-missing --copy
> autoconf
> 
> At times I have gotten message telling me I have mixed versions of file
> formats; which brings me to my question…
> 
> This is a real stupid beginner question… It may be worth a FAQ entry is it
> so basic…
> 
> What are the correct input files to this process? Makefile.am configure.ac
> ? others?
> 
> And do I need to run any of the tools before I make my package?
> 
> I looked around and found the following
> 
> /opt/freescale/ltib/usr/share/aclocal
> /opt/freescale/ltib/usr/bin/autoheader
> /opt/freescale/ltib/usr/bin/autoconf
> /opt/freescale/ltib/usr/share/autoconf
> /opt/freescale/ltib/usr/share/autoconf/autoconf
> 
> I don’t think I need libtoolize
> 
> Only a couple are in a BIN directory
> 
> Anyone have a autoconf 101 web page?
> 
> I have done some searches and not found a clear answer for my confusion…
> 
> tom
> 
> 
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