Hello, Tom!
> 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?
If it doesn't work properly on SGI/IRIX consider it's a bug. It should
work.
What version of Automake are you using?
What error messages are you getting on SGI/IRIX?
Consider AM_MAINTAINER_MODE as the last resort. Removing *.am makes no
sence.
Regards,
Pavel Roskin
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