Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote:
>>>>>> "Angus" == Angus Leeming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>>>>> writes:
>
> Angus> Given that "Debian unstable" ships with automake 1.4 by default
> Angus> and that "Debian testing" and "Debian stable" do the same, I'd
> Angus> like to propose the following patch to autogen.sh.
>
> It seems reasonable.
>
> Angus> +case $automake_version in + *' '1\.[5-7].*) + ;; + *)
>
> Are you sure you need the "\."? This is globbing, not regexps.
It appears that you are right. Thanks.
> Also, update INSTALL to explain the requirement. AFAIK they are
>
> autoconf 2.5x
> automake >= 1.5
> gettext >=0.12
>
> If you feel like it, you could also update the part about gcc version :)
Let me see...
> JMarc
$ cat trial.sh
#! /bin/sh
test_it() {
case "$1" in
*' '1.[5-7]*)
echo "Can use $1"
;;
*)
echo "Cannot use $1"
;;
esac
}
automake_16="automake (GNU automake) 1.6.3
Written by Tom Tromey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>.
Copyright 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
PURPOSE."
automake_14="automake (GNU automake) 1.4-p6
Copyright (C) 1999, 2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
PURPOSE."
automake_16=`echo "$automake_16" | head -n1`
automake_14=`echo "$automake_14" | head -n1`
test_it "$automake_16"
test_it "$automake_14"
--
Angus
