Re: CVS autoconf + CVS automake = autoconf doesn't know its version

[Raja R Harinath]

Hi,

Alexandre Oliva <address@hidden> writes:
> On Apr  5, 2001, Raja R Harinath <address@hidden> wrote:
> > The problem is that 'automake' now depends on the AC_SUBSTs in
> > AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE to subst in VERSION and PACKAGE.  Since the same
> > 'automake' doesn't understand 'm4_include's, it does not see the
> > actual definition of AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE (autoconf bypasses the 'aclocal'
> > mechanism).  Here's a patch to autoconf to fix this.
> 
> I'm afraid patching aclocal.m4 won't help much, since it's a
> generated file.

Not in 'autoconf'.  As I said, autoconf bypasses 'aclocal'.

- Hari
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