On Mon, Oct 02, 2000 at 05:02:46AM -0400, Pavel Roskin darkened my spool with the
following:
> Hello, John!
>
> > is there a macro or option to automake to ommit the target
> > for $(srcdir)/Makefile.in, such that it is not necessary to
> > include Makefile.am and configure.in in a distribution?
>
> It already becomes a FAQ. Why do you need this?
>
> The last person who asked about this alleged that there will be problems
> on systems lacking Automake, but couldn't give a real example.
if these targets are in the Makefile.in, but i do not include
aclocal.m4, Makefile.am, or configure.in in the distribution,
then make fails. for example:
roome [3414] ls
CHANGES README cloginrc.sample config.status mkinstalldirs
Makefile Todo config.cache configure util
Makefile.in bin config.log install-sh
roome [3415] make
make: *** No rule to make target `Makefile.am', needed by `Makefile.in'. Stop.
> > i tried including an empty target in Makefile.am. it looks
> > as if it is created in the perl code and there dont appear
> > to be any conditionals to avoid it.
>
> Only the first statement is correct. Search for "This rule remakes the
> Makefile.in" in automake - there is a clear indication that
> AM_MAINTATINER_MODE can be used to suppress that rule.
this includes @MAINTAINER_MODE_TRUE@ in the Makefile.in target, which
does not get replaced by configure without an AC_SUBST().
Makefile.in: $(srcdir)/Makefile.in: @MAINTAINER_MODE_TRUE@ Makefile.am
$(top_srcdir)/configure.in $(ACLOCAL_M4)
Makefile.in: $(srcdir)/configure: @MAINTAINER_MODE_TRUE@$(srcdir)/configure.in
$(ACLOCAL_M4) $(CONFIGURE_DEPENDENCIES)
perhaps i am using AM_MAINTAINER_MODE incorrectly. i have it in
configure.in: AM_MAINTAINER_MODE(). it seems to operate in the
same manner no matter where i put it.
what am i missing?
> However, I believe that you don't really want it.
are input files to automake and autoconf normally just included
in distributions? in the past i have seen several packages (not
necessarily from gnu) which do not include these.
thanks!
-heas
> Regards,
> Pavel Roskin
