Re: [Ltib] Creating auto build files

[Thomas A. Moulton]

Stuart,

I agree.

I am developing my own package for my application.

I have a makefile for my development testing on my own system
and then make a package that I drop into LTIB to build my
embedded system and test on the final target.

Tom

> 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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