Re: RFC: let aclocal output m4_includes for local m4 files

[Alexandre Duret-Lutz]

>>> "Pavel" == Pavel Roskin <address@hidden> writes:

Hi Pavel,

Thanks for commenting and testing!

[...]

 Pavel> The problem here is that you need to figure out which
 Pavel> files are local and which are not.  I see you wrote a
 Pavel> clever regex for that, but something tells me that some
 Pavel> people will ask for overrides.  

I suspect this too, although I'm unable to come up with cases
where people would need this...

 Pavel> For example, some projects don't distribute m4 files,
 Pavel> but those files are located on CVS inside the project
 Pavel> directory.

 Pavel> Such projects should be changed to include the original
 Pavel> m4 files and shorter aclocal.m4, but it will take time
 Pavel> to convert them.

AFAICT the only conversion required here is to install the new
Automake version :)  There should be nothing to change in the
project itself because Automake will automatically distribute
m4_included files.  So as soon as you run the new aclocal, you
get a short aclocal.m4 which includes a bunch of files, and all
these files will be distributed without any work from you.  Am I
missing something?

 Pavel> I think it would be nice to have an option for aclocal
 Pavel> to disable the use of m4_include globally.

Something like

  aclocal -I `pwd`/m4

should do it.  Is that enough?  (One advantage of this over a
new option is that it's still compatible with older Automake
versions.)

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Alexandre Duret-Lutz