Re: auto* pre-configure process

[Jeff Bailey]

On Tue, Feb 06, 2001 at 11:39:51PM +0100, Danny Backx wrote:

I tend to use automake -a.  It them symlinks everything instead of making 
copies.

> Try the --copy option of automake. That'll solve the missing files issue.
> 
> Also it looks like someone who builds from CVS encounters problems if
> Xbae is not around. I probably goofed up with the ICE_ macro - an old
> version. I'd have to check, but I'm working on the 8-bit issue for Dag
> for now.
> 
>       Danny
> 
> Pete Wyckoff wrote:
> > 
> > I was trying to add some documentation explaining how to go from the CVS
> > tree to a buildable distribution.  The process is mostly:
> > 
> >     aclocal -I m4
> >     autoheader
> >     autoconf
> >     automake
> > 
> > Please correct me if I'm wrong.
> > 
> > Running autoconf, I always get the complaint:
> > 
> >     autoconf: Undefined macros:
> >     configure.in:182:   AC_FIND_XBAE
> > 
> > Should there be a definition for AC_FIND_XBAE in m4/xbae.m4?  There is a
> > definition for ICE_FIND_Xbae, but I'd like some confirmation before
> > going and changing this area.  (Also HAVE_Xbae -> HAVE_XBAE there too,
> > perhaps.)
> > 
> > Secondly, automake complains that required files are missing:
> > 
> >     mkinstalldirs, missing, INSTALL, COPYING
> > 
> > Should those get checked into the CVS?  Should my install of automake
> > have brought them along?  (I've been copying them out of a distribution
> > tarball, myself.)
> > 
> >                 -- Pete
> 
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