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

[Alexandre Oliva]

On Apr  6, 2001, Raja R Harinath <address@hidden> wrote:

> 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'.

Oh!  That shows how out-dated I am in terms of autoconf development
:-(

Under this new light, I agree your patch is ok.

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