Ralf Wildenhues <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - Mon, 29 Sep 2008 13:19:32 +0200
... >* Michel Briand wrote on Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 10:34:20AM CEST: >> Ralf Wildenhues <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - Mon, 29 Sep 2008 08:34:09 +0200 >> >* Michel Briand wrote on Sun, Sep 28, 2008 at 11:04:36AM CEST: >> >> $ make >> >> cd . && /bin/bash /home/michel/svn/exc/autotraining/config/missing --run >> >> aclocal-1.10 -I m4 >> >> aclocal-1.10: couldn't open directory `m4': Aucun fichier ou répertoire >> >> de ce type >> > >> >Try 'mkdir m4' in the top source directory. > >> That's a temporary directory or a source directory ? > >It is a source directory, to contain additional macro files that the >package may need. > >> You suggested to >> use that sub-dir for .m4 files... But I'll not put any source file in >> it. The autogen.sh or autotools sytem should create it, isn't it ? > >Well, if you list '-I m4' in ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS then autoreconf will pass >those flags as arguments to aclocal. If aclocal gets -I flags with >directory arguments that do not exist, it fails. I think the rationale >for the failure is to detect typos. Obviously there is some trade-off >in this hard failure: the failure disallows some legitimate uses with >lazy existence of a directory. > >If the directory does not exist, and you don't and won't need it, then >you can choose not to pass that '-I m4' argument. Chances for a new >project are that it will eventually need files in there, though. > >BTW, I'm not saying that the trade-off above is the best thing in the >world. But I'm not yet convinced that it does more harm than good. > Since I do not need custom m4 file, I'll put the macro in comments. And explain it's usage. BTW I've another topic to re-activate : the embedded versioning. Since the version is not related to the build system nor the configuration I decided to put it aside. Keep it in the tutorial but do not merge it with autotools process. Thank you, Michel
