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Re: Bootstrap script for CVS Automake
From: |
Alexandre Duret-Lutz |
Subject: |
Re: Bootstrap script for CVS Automake |
Date: |
20 Sep 2002 13:48:40 +0200 |
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Gnus/5.0808 (Gnus v5.8.8) Emacs/20.7 |
>>> "Pavel" == Pavel Roskin <address@hidden> writes:
[...]
Pavel> Bootstrapping Automake from CVS is quite hard now, so
Pavel> this script would be useful. Please put it on CVS. No
Pavel> need to include it into distributions.
If you have the time, please go ahead and commit it along with a
mention in HACKING.
I have been using the following steps to bootstrap Automake
(this is needed only when `automake' and `aclocal' don't exist
in the current directory, or if the version number have
changed):
autoreconf -vf # Autoconfiscate with an old version of Automake.
./configure --prefix ~/usr
make install
autoreconf -vf # Autoconfiscate with CVS Automake itself
This has worked so far, but it have some drawbacks (like installing
CVS Automake -- which might be an issue when CVS Automake is broken...)
Pavel> Once this script works for everyone who uses Automake
Pavel> CVS, aclocal.m4 and Makefile.in can be removed from CVS.
Pavel> But this step is optional.
I'd prefer not. I've found diffs on Automake-generated files a
valuable to check the effect of changes we do on Automake itself.
[...]
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Alexandre Duret-Lutz