Re: Re: Re: [Automake] Making a Distribution

[Tom Browder]

Since the distribution shouldn't be dependent upon autoconf and automake, why,
then are the *.am files shipped?

In any event, my configure.in has

  AC_OUTPUT(Makefile dir1/Makefile dir2/Makfile)

just as the example in the manual.

And the resulting Makefile.in's have reference to am scattered all through them!

Thanks.

Tom

-----Original Message-----
From: Ossama Othman <address@hidden>
To: address@hidden <address@hidden>
Date: Wednesday, September 20, 2000 12:21 PM
Subject: Re: Re: [Automake] Making a Distribution


>Hi Time,
>
>On Wed, Sep 20, 2000 at 11:04:21AM -0500, Tom Browder wrote:
>> Pavel, thanks for timely response.
>> 
>> I'm brand new to using automake/autoconf, and I'm using it to package a 
>> commercial
>> distribution of my company's product for a client.  I need the package to 
>> work on
>> both a Linux/GNU as well as an SGI/IRIX system.  When I test the 
>> distribution on the SGI,
>> the ./configure tries to use the *.am files and I get all kinds of 
>> dependency problems, and
>> I don't think my client will have automake or autoconf.  Shouldn't configure 
>> NOT require
>> (nor even try to use) autoconf or automake?  If not, why are the files 
>> automatically packaged
>> with the distribution?
>
>Your client does not need to have autoconf or automake installed since
>autoconf- and automake-aware packages are supposed to be
>self-contained.  Once you do a "make dist" ("dist" target is supplied
>by automake), your package should be completely decoupled from any
>external packaging tools such as autoconf and automake.  All your
>client needs to have is a Bourne shell compatible shell, and the make
>utility, in addition to whatever is needed to build your package.
>
>What does your AC_OUTPUT look like?  Your configure script should not
>be attempting to use the `.am' files at all.  It should be using the
>`Makefile.in' files generated by automake as input.  From those `.in'
>files, the configure script will generate Makefiles, etc.  Those `.in'
>files automatically get packaged with your distribution when you
>invoke "make dist."
>
>HTH,
>-Ossama
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