Autoconf Data Representation

2001-12-05 Thread Ryan Collins
I've been running into some trouble when trying to use autoconf with some programs I've written in scheme shell, and I think my general solution may be useful enough to include in future versions of autoconf. The problem I have is that autoconf represents all of its data as strings, while scsh r

Re: Autoconf Data Representation

2001-12-05 Thread Paul Eggert
> From: Ryan Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Wed, 5 Dec 2001 03:35:25 -0500 (EST) > >@INSTALL_atom@ --> "/usr/bin/install -c" >@INSTALL_list@ --> '("/usr/bin/install" "-c") An interesting idea. Hmm, wouldn't it be better to use a syntax that doesn't infringe on the user name space

autoconfig 2.13 installation problems

2001-12-05 Thread Filip Jankovic
I tried to install Autoconfig 2.13 on HP-UX 11.0, but I got a bunch of error messages. Can anyone tell me what might be wrong on my system? # make check rm -f autoconf autoconf.tmp sed -e 's,@''datadir''@,/usr/local/share/autoconf,g' -e 's,@''M4''@,/us r/bin/m4,g' -e 's,@''AWK

Re: needs help

2001-12-05 Thread Robert Boehne
Toni: Your testers don't need aclocal, autoconf, or automake installed unless they are making changes to Makefile.am or configure.ac. Once you generate "configure" that's all they need. If someone else's Makefile is running these tools, take it out, it's just plain wrong. The idea of Autoconf

Re: needs help

2001-12-05 Thread Thomas Dickey
On Wed, Dec 05, 2001 at 05:13:22PM -0600, Robert Boehne wrote: > Toni: > > Your testers don't need aclocal, autoconf, or automake installed unless > they are making changes to Makefile.am or configure.ac. Once you > generate "configure" that's all they need. If someone else's Makefile > is runn

TELECOM GEAR Blowout! 11956

2001-12-05 Thread lynnettep
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Question about CanadianCross use of autoconf.

2001-12-05 Thread Curtis Veit
I'm working with an autoconf based configure for an embedded project. I found notes on using the --build= and --host= options to use configure for canadiancross sytle development but I find myself confused by the result. Tests for include files and libs end up looking in my build systems director

Re: builddir vs buildpath

2001-12-05 Thread Akim Demaille
> "Peter" == Peter Eisentraut <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Peter> May I ask how the terminology "builddir" vs "buildpath" was Peter> chosen? In GNU terminology, "path" is only used as a search Peter> path, which is a list of file or directory names. (Refer to Peter> the GNU standards if you