Re: GNU gettext 0.10.40 does not repect AM_CONFIG_HEADER

[Bruno Haible]

Roger Leigh writes:

> > > I AC_SUBST(INCLUDES) in my
> > > configure.ac and this is automatically used by automake in my
> > > Makefiles.  gettext won't use that though.  Possibly gettextize could
> > > check this and modify intl/Makefile.am accordingly?
> > 
> > That's too hairy. It would be best if the intl/ subdirectory would use
> > its own separate config.h.in, but unfortunately this doesn't work with
> > autoconf older than 2.50.
> 
> Sorry, that wasn't very well written.  I meant, would it be possible
> to check for AM_CONFIG_HEADER or AC_CONFIG_HEADER?

Depending on the argument of AC_CONFIG_HEADER, one would have to
change the "config.h" in all of intl/*.c to a different name. Or
create a tiny config.h which #includes the real configuration file.
And furthermore modify the INCLUDEs in intl/Makefile.in. I don't like
all this. It'd be better to add a separate intl/config.h.in.

> Another possibility is if AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE is present in configure.ac,
> you could install a Makefile.am instead of Makefile.in.  This would
> integrate in a nicer way with the build

Once a Makefile.in exists and satisfies all GNU standard targets,
there is no need for a Makefile.am. Nothing is "nice" about an extra
file when it's not needed.

Bruno