Re: autotools cookbook needed

2006-02-07 Thread Ralf Wildenhues
Hi John, Matt, > On Mon, 6 Feb 2006, John Calcote wrote: > > > You know, I've recently finished reading the manuals for m4, libtool, > > autoconf, and automake. After 1000 pages of reading, I was frustrated to > > walk away knowing very little more than I started with. I believe this > > is prima

Re: autotools cookbook needed

2006-02-06 Thread Matt Hull
ill second that. autoconf is that bad. i havent written any m4 scripts though. and couldnt get automake to work. matt On Mon, 6 Feb 2006, John Calcote wrote: > You know, I've recently finished reading the manuals for m4, libtool, > autoconf, and automake. After 1000 pages of reading, I was fr

autotools cookbook needed

2006-02-06 Thread John Calcote
You know, I've recently finished reading the manuals for m4, libtool, autoconf, and automake. After 1000 pages of reading, I was frustrated to walk away knowing very little more than I started with. I believe this is primarily due to the lack of examples and background context in the explanations p