> On Sat, 2003-09-27 at 02:20, Alexandre Duret-Lutz wrote:
adl> autopoint and libtoolize usually run before automake
adl> and put things into this directory too. So if some tools has to
adl> create the directory, I think it should be autopoint.
>>
>> Sorry, I meant "it should be autoreconf".
> /if it's used/
I'm installing the following. Thanks.
Index: ChangeLog
from Akim Demaille <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
* lib/autom4te.in (Autoreconf-preselections): Trace AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR.
* bin/autoreconf.in (autoreconf_current_directory): Create the
AUX_DIR if needed, for sake of automake --add-missing etc.
Suggested by Alexandre Duret-Lutz.
Index: NEWS
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/autoconf/autoconf/NEWS,v
retrieving revision 1.311
diff -u -u -r1.311 NEWS
--- NEWS 1 Oct 2003 10:29:39 -0000 1.311
+++ NEWS 3 Oct 2003 07:28:59 -0000
@@ -1,4 +1,10 @@
-* Major changes in Autoconf 2.57f -*- outline -*-
+* Major changes in Autoconf 2.57g -*- outline -*-
+
+** autoreconf and auxiliary directory
+ Autoreconf creates the auxiliary directory if needed. This is
+ especially useful for initial "bootstrapping" of fresh CVS checkouts.
+
+* Major changes in Autoconf 2.57f
Released 2003-10-01, by Akim Demaille.
Index: bin/autoreconf.in
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/autoconf/autoconf/bin/autoreconf.in,v
retrieving revision 1.119
diff -u -u -r1.119 autoreconf.in
--- bin/autoreconf.in 25 Aug 2003 06:38:39 -0000 1.119
+++ bin/autoreconf.in 3 Oct 2003 07:28:59 -0000
@@ -423,6 +423,7 @@
# Perform a single trace reading to avoid --force forcing a rerun
# between two --trace, that's useless. If there is no AC_INIT, then
# we are not interested: it looks like a Cygnus thingy.
+ my $aux_dir;
my $uses_gettext_via_traces;
my $uses_libtool;
my $uses_autoheader;
@@ -433,6 +434,7 @@
. join (' --trace=', '',
# If you change this list, update the
# `Autoreconf-preselections' section of autom4te.in.
+ 'AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR:AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR:\$1',
'AC_CONFIG_HEADERS',
'AC_CONFIG_SUBDIRS:AC_CONFIG_SUBDIRS:\$1',
'AC_INIT',
@@ -442,6 +444,7 @@
. ' |');
while ($_ = $traces->getline)
{
+ $aux_dir = $1 if /AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR:(.*)/;
$uses_autoconf = 1 if /AC_INIT/;
$uses_gettext_via_traces = 1 if /AM_GNU_GETTEXT/;
$uses_libtool = 1 if /AC_PROG_LIBTOOL/;
@@ -468,6 +471,24 @@
if $uses_gettext_via_traces && ! $uses_gettext;
error "$configure_ac: AM_GNU_GETTEXT_VERSION is used, but not AM_GNU_GETTEXT"
if $uses_gettext && ! $uses_gettext_via_traces;
+
+
+ # ---------------------------- #
+ # Setting up the source tree. #
+ # ---------------------------- #
+
+ # libtoolize, automake --add-missing etc. will drop files in the
+ # $AUX_DIR. But these tools fail to install these files if the
+ # directory itself does not exist, which valid: just imagine a CVS
+ # repository with hand written code only (there is not even a need
+ # for a Makefile.am!).
+
+ if (defined $aux_dir && ! -d $aux_dir)
+ {
+ verb "$configure_ac: creating directory $aux_dir";
+ mkdir $aux_dir
+ or error "cannot create $aux_dir: $!";
+ }
# -------------------- #
Index: lib/autom4te.in
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/autoconf/autoconf/lib/autom4te.in,v
retrieving revision 1.20
diff -u -u -r1.20 autom4te.in
--- lib/autom4te.in 19 Aug 2003 07:58:37 -0000 1.20
+++ lib/autom4te.in 3 Oct 2003 07:28:59 -0000
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@
## -------------------------- ##
begin-language: "Autoreconf-preselections"
+args: --preselect AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR
args: --preselect AC_CONFIG_HEADERS
args: --preselect AC_CONFIG_SUBDIRS
args: --preselect AC_INIT
