Ralf Wildenhues <ralf.wildenh...@gmx.de> writes:
> I think Automake should provide an API to allow users to say "if the
> Automake version is >= X, then expand this configure.ac code". I think
> that would be general enough (it could use Automake conditionals to
> adjust Makefile.am files, it could check for >= X and not >= X+1 to
> enforce exact versions (or we could just provide a general version
> compare function) and it could then call AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE with the
> appropriate options). Also, it would be explicit enough for the
> developer to be conscious about not using this by accident.
As an alternative, could Automake provide an API that allows
users to say "if feature X is supported, then expand this
configure.ac code"? For example:
AM_FEATURE_PREREQ([color-tests],
[AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([foreign color-tests])],
[AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([foreign])])
This seems to me more in keeping with the Autoconf philosophy.
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Ben Pfaff
http://benpfaff.org
