Re: auto* pre-configure process

[Pete Wyckoff]

Thanks all for the automake -a/-c hints.  I thought I went grepping
around to see if those files existed locally, but must have missed it
(and automake documentation too, apparently :) ).

address@hidden said:
> 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.

I fixed this by lining up the various versions of the names.  In
particular lots of m4/* uses ICE prefices, so I just left those alone
and accomodated in configure.in.  That file saw more changes so that
I could get the plain X version to compile out of the box without
editing Makefiles.

The dependence of the motif version on Xbae produced confusing results.
"./configure" where I have lesstif installed, but no xbae, would
attempt to build the motif version nonetheless.  Instead now it bails
during configure and forces you to use "--without-motif".  An
alternative would be to silently continue building the x-only non-motif
version, which I deemed to confusing.

Any suggestions welcome.  My next stop is NLS, which prevents the build
from working unless I configure with "--disable-nls".

                -- Pete