Smart --with-package=DIR (for absentminded users)

2007-07-05 Thread Thomas Lavergne
Hi all, Sorry if this is already in the archive. I looked through it and was not lucky. You must also know that I am quite new to autoconf but... I need to learn fast! I want to implement the --with-package=DIR option to my project's configure script. The --with-package[=yes|no] thing

Configuration management Debian-Automake-autoconf

2007-07-05 Thread Aslak Johannessen
Hi. Im currently trying to trans fare a large amount of projects form ad-hoc Makefiles to automake and autoconf. One of the objectives for this trans fare is it get debian packages for "free". Meaning that when the build is ok the dpkg-buildpackage does the job of making packages. To make a

newby question: to use or not to use ?

2007-07-05 Thread Joao Miguel Ferreira
Hello all, I'm a beginner new on this list searching for enlightnment on the usage of Autoconf (and friends). I've just arrived to a new project were we have to maintain (debug, upgrade, new features, etc) a certain amount of software which must be executed (mostlly dynamic loaded libraries .so)

Re: Configuration management Debian-Automake-autoconf

2007-07-05 Thread Bob Proulx
Aslak Johannessen wrote: > Im currently trying to trans fare a large amount of projects form ad-hoc > Makefiles to automake and autoconf. One of the objectives for this > trans fare is it get debian packages for "free". Meaning that when the > build is ok the dpkg-buildpackage does the job of m

Re: Smart --with-package=DIR (for absentminded users)

2007-07-05 Thread Benoit SIGOURE
On Jul 5, 2007, at 1:29 PM, Thomas Lavergne wrote: Hi all, Hello Thomas, Sorry if this is already in the archive. I looked through it and was not lucky. You must also know that I am quite new to autoconf but... I need to learn fast! I want to implement the --with-package=DIR opt

Re: Configuration management Debian-Automake-autoconf

2007-07-05 Thread Baurzhan Ismagulov
On Thu, Jul 05, 2007 at 02:59:19PM +0200, Aslak Johannessen wrote: > Much of this information is duplicated and the "need" for a > centralized configuration file for each project is wished for. Ideally, you pass everything to configure and get everything done by make install, so nothing is duplica

Re: Configuration management Debian-Automake-autoconf

2007-07-05 Thread William Pursell
Aslak Johannessen wrote: To make autoconf automake and dpkg-buildpackage run one needs to edit and type information into many different files. Mainly Makefile.am configure.in and debian/control. Much of this information is duplicated and the "need" for a centralized configuration file for each

Re: Smart --with-package=DIR (for absentminded users)

2007-07-05 Thread Thomas Lavergne
I want to implement the --with-package=DIR option to my project's configure script. The --with-package[=yes|no] thing is straightforward using AC_ARG_WITH(). I have however some questions regarding others' experience wth the =DIR part. 1. What should I do if the user is so dumb to actually