Fwd: automake questions

[Martin Wagner]

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> Von: address@hidden
> Datum: Mi, 16. Apr 2003  02:12:58 Europe/Berlin
> An: Martin Wagner <address@hidden>
> Betreff: automake


> (I can't seem to send email to list.
> I don't know if there is something special
> I must do or what after I subscribed.)
>
>
> (*) I noticed Autoconfig and Automake make a lot of
> symbolic links like COPYING, INSTALL, install-sh,
> missing and mkinstalldirs.  Why aren't these real
> files?? I cannot make a tarball package with symbolic
> links right???
>
> (*) I tried to add
> AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR(config)
> to configure.in hoping it would *create* the directory
> and put lots of junk there.  Instead, Autotools complained
> that this directory did not exist.  Must I create this
> directory myself and/or what?
>
> (*) So what is the purpose of "mkinstalldirs", "install-sh"
> and "missing"???  Am I expected to make these myself
> always?
>
>
> Chris
>
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Martin Wagner
Institut fuer Informatik (I1), TU Muenchen
Boltzmannstr. 3, 85748 Garching b. Muenchen, Germany
Room:           01.07.057
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