Re: AC_CONFIG_FILES or AC_OUTPUT

[Bob Proulx]

Douglas Phillipson wrote:
> I see tutorials where Makefiles come from both:
> 
> AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile])
> AC_OUTPUT
> 
> And
> 
> AC_OUTPUT([Makefile])
> 
> Which is the "proper" format?  Is one method just newer than the other?

The first one is the best format.  It is the new one with new being
relative because it has been that way for a while.  The last one is
the old format from way long ago.  You want the new format.

Just in case you are not aware of it here is a good tutorial that you
might find useful.

  http://www-src.lip6.fr/homepages/Alexandre.Duret-Lutz/autotools.html

Good Luck!

Bob