On Sat, 26 Apr 2014 20:18:49 +0200 O. Hartmann wrote: > > I have a problem with porting. The handbook states, see > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/porters-handbook/using-autotools.html, > that aclocal implies the ussage of automake. > > Consider this line in the port's Makefile: > > USE_AUTOTOOLS= libltdl aclocal autoheader > > The software comes with the basis of Makefile.am an configure.ac, so I have > to go through > the configure steps of the GNU autotools. Having the the USE_AUTOTOOLS= set > as above and > having the sentence from the porter's handbook in mind, the configure process > fails with > "missing". To avoid those messages, I have to add > > AUTOMAKE_ARGS+= -a > > for --add-missing in automake. > > Having USE_AUTOTOOLS= libltdl aclocal autoheader automake set, > AUTOMAKE_ARGS+= -a is > respected. Omit automake from USE_AUTOTOOLS= results in a non-respected > AUTOMAKE_ARGS+= > -a and a lot of typical missing errors. > > Something is wrong in the logic! Either the porter's handbook is wrong or I'm > missing > some knob.
The handbook is incorrect. aclocal does not imply automake, it implies automake:env. So you have to add automake to USE_AUTOTOOLS. _______________________________________________ freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
