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Re: order of programs run by autoreconf
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Eric Blake |
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Re: order of programs run by autoreconf |
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Tue, 08 Sep 2009 05:58:28 -0600 |
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According to Vincent Torri on 9/8/2009 1:59 AM:
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> Hey,
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> In the autoconf manual, it is said that autoreconf runs the programs
> autoconf, autoheader, aclocal, automake, libtoolize, and autopoint.
But it didn't say in which order.
> But
> when I run autoreconf -v to see what is running, the order is different
> (that is aclocal, libtoolize, autoconf, autoheader and automake). Does
> it mean that the order mentioned in the doc is not the correct one ?
Apparently so - a patch to make the documentation reflect current ordering
practice would be appreciated, since many people insist on writing their
own bootstrap scripts that call the tools individually rather than using
autoreconf, and might refer to the documentation for which order to call
them in.
- --
Don't work too hard, make some time for fun as well!
Eric Blake address@hidden
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