aaragon wrote: > The main idea that I got from > your reply is that this new code won't work with older versions of Automake. > Is this the case? Can something be done regarding this issue? Let say, check > for the version of Automake and if it is indeed version 1.11 then use the > newer features but if the version is older, then fall back to something that > can still be used. Otherwise the code that you wrote is not really portable. > For example, I compile my code in a cluster that has version 1.9.2 installed > and I have no way to upgrade that.
Your distributed package will not depend on Automake. You install automake-1.11 on your development box, produce a tar.gz, and copy the tar.gz to the cluster which needn't have automake installed at all. If you want to develop on the boxes to which you will install, there still shouldn't be a problem; if you have the ability to compile and install your own code on the box, then you can install automake as well. (Where 'install' might mean 'put in $HOME') -- William Pursell
