Re: AC_CONFIG_HEADERS and autoheader

2006-12-06 Thread Patrick Welche
On Tue, Dec 05, 2006 at 08:44:59PM +0100, Stepan Kasal wrote: > Hello, > > On Tue, Dec 05, 2006 at 10:17:57AM -0800, Paul Eggert wrote: > > Patrick Welche <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Is that AC_CONFIG_HEADERS syntax simply not allowed? (missing file name) > > > > The documentation doesn't s

AC_CONFIG_SUBDIRS

2006-12-06 Thread Bob Rossi
Hi, I'd like to use AC_CONFIG_SUBDIRS, but would like to understand more clearly what it does. I have a setup where you check out a project and then you have a top-level ./configure script. When you run the top-level configure script, it determines what libraries you need to build the project, a

Re: AC_CONFIG_HEADERS and autoheader

2006-12-06 Thread Stepan Kasal
Hi, On Tue, Dec 05, 2006 at 11:58:50AM -0800, Paul Eggert wrote: > Stepan Kasal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > * doc/autoconf.texi (Configuration Headers): Remove the > > example with multiple input files. > > (autoheader Invocation): Encourage `AH_BOTTOM', discouraging > > mul

Re: AC_CONFIG_HEADERS and autoheader

2006-12-06 Thread Patrick Welche
On Wed, Dec 06, 2006 at 01:13:31PM +0100, Stepan Kasal wrote: > 2006-12-05 Stepan Kasal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > * doc/autoconf.texi (Configuration Headers): Remove the > example with multiple input files. > (autoheader Invocation): Encourage `AH_BOTTOM', discouraging > m

Re: AC_CONFIG_HEADERS and autoheader

2006-12-06 Thread Stepan Kasal
Hello, On Wed, Dec 06, 2006 at 12:46:50PM +, Patrick Welche wrote: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]([[#include ]])}. >^^ ^^ > Just, I think you only want one lot of quoting... yes, you a re right, I comitted the following fix. Thanks, Stepan Kasal 2006-1

After upgrade autoconf from 1.13 to 2.57, I experienced some problems - HELP

2006-12-06 Thread J.R. Yang \(jryang\)
Hi, I did some search on the web and found some solutions to some of the known issues. I was able to run buildconf, and ./configure scripts. The libtool was created in proper places. However, when I start the compiling ("make"), I got some errors in C code and C++ code. In C code base, I got so

Re: AC_CONFIG_SUBDIRS

2006-12-06 Thread Ralf Wildenhues
Hello Bob, * Bob Rossi wrote on Wed, Dec 06, 2006 at 03:40:00PM CET: > > When you run the top-level configure script, it determines what libraries you > need to build the project, and then downloads the .tar.gz dependency, untars > it, and configures it. Currently I ./configure the sub projects

Re: After upgrade autoconf from 1.13 to 2.57, I experienced some problems - HELP

2006-12-06 Thread Ralf Wildenhues
Hello, * J.R. Yang (jryang) wrote on Wed, Dec 06, 2006 at 07:19:01PM CET: > > I did some search on the web and found some solutions to some of the > known issues. I was able to run buildconf, and ./configure scripts. The > libtool was created in proper places. However, when I start the > compili

Re: After upgrade autoconf from 1.13 to 2.57, I experienced some problems - HELP

2006-12-06 Thread Thomas Dickey
On Wed, 6 Dec 2006, Ralf Wildenhues wrote: 2.57 was released six years ago. I don't think you can expect much help four years as of last week. even 2.50 is only a little over 5 years old. (however, it is not an unreasonable expectation from people that an application be evolved in a upwardl

Re: After upgrade autoconf from 1.13 to 2.57, I experienced some problems - HELP

2006-12-06 Thread Ralf Wildenhues
* Thomas Dickey wrote on Wed, Dec 06, 2006 at 09:15:12PM CET: > On Wed, 6 Dec 2006, Ralf Wildenhues wrote: > > >2.57 was released six years ago. I don't think you can expect much help > > four years as of last week. Ouch, apologies for that misread of mine. > (however, it is not an unreasonabl

RE: After upgrade autoconf from 1.13 to 2.57, I experienced some problems - HELP

2006-12-06 Thread J.R. Yang \(jryang\)
Here's the original e-mail, which has the specific errors: Thanks, - JRY Hi, I did some search on the web and found some solutions to some of the known issues. I was able to run buildconf, and ./configure scripts. The libtool was cr

Re: After upgrade autoconf from 1.13 to 2.57, I experienced some problems - HELP

2006-12-06 Thread Thomas Dickey
On Wed, 6 Dec 2006, Ralf Wildenhues wrote: * Thomas Dickey wrote on Wed, Dec 06, 2006 at 09:15:12PM CET: On Wed, 6 Dec 2006, Ralf Wildenhues wrote: 2.57 was released six years ago. I don't think you can expect much help four years as of last week. agreed that it's been a while. In contr

Re: AC_CONFIG_SUBDIRS

2006-12-06 Thread Bob Rossi
On Wed, Dec 06, 2006 at 08:06:54PM +0100, Ralf Wildenhues wrote: > Hello Bob, > > * Bob Rossi wrote on Wed, Dec 06, 2006 at 03:40:00PM CET: > > > > When you run the top-level configure script, it determines what libraries > > you > > need to build the project, and then downloads the .tar.gz dep

Re: After upgrade autoconf from 1.13 to 2.57, I experienced some problems - HELP

2006-12-06 Thread Andreas Schwab
Thomas Dickey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Wed, 6 Dec 2006, Ralf Wildenhues wrote: > >> * Thomas Dickey wrote on Wed, Dec 06, 2006 at 09:15:12PM CET: >>> On Wed, 6 Dec 2006, Ralf Wildenhues wrote: >>> 2.57 was released six years ago. I don't think you can expect much help >>> >>> four ye

Re: After upgrade autoconf from 1.13 to 2.57, I experienced some problems - HELP

2006-12-06 Thread Thomas Dickey
On Thu, 7 Dec 2006, Andreas Schwab wrote: Thomas Dickey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: In contrast, I can plug current ncurses libraries into a system that's built with ncurses 5.0, and just assume it'll work. That's from 1999. That's not a useful comparison. How many new features have been ad