*-local targets

2000-11-03 Thread Derek R. Price
Is there some reason that *-local targets aren't always valid when their parent exists? I wanted to define distclean-hdr-local to remove options.h-SAVED as well as options.h, but I can't seem to get it to work. Derek -- Derek Price CVS Solutions Architect ( http://CVSHome.o

Re: Building c++ library with cxx/osf with libtool

2000-11-03 Thread Ossama Othman
Hi Patrick, On Fri, Nov 03, 2000 at 07:45:08PM +0100, Patrick Guio wrote: > Do you think it could be possible to insert this in the libtool? > Maybe automake/depcomp has to be modified to be able to use the option -MD > with the cxx compaq compiler for osf machines? Does the Compaq C++ support i

Building c++ library with cxx/osf with libtool

2000-11-03 Thread Patrick Guio
Dear all I have now been able to build c++ library on a alphaev6-dec-osf5.0 with templates using cxx I had to specify in aclocal.m4 instead of >old_archive_cmds='$AR $AR_FLAGS $oldlib$oldobjs$old_deplibs' Note that by giving the option -MD one create a file with dependencies (same style) calle

Re: Targets using automake

2000-11-03 Thread Akim Demaille
> "Derek" == Derek R Price <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Derek> Akim Demaille wrote: >> What's wrong with the `missing' approach? Derek> I ran automake the first time without the '--add-missing' Derek> argument so when it told me it wouldn't run because "AUTHORS" Derek> and "missing" weren't p

Re: Targets using automake

2000-11-03 Thread Akim Demaille
> "Derek" == Derek R Price <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Derek> What's the 'missing' approach? When autoconf or automake is not found, the script `missing' is then used, and touches the products. ~/src/am % ./missing --help nostromo 17:21 ./missing [OPTION

Re: Targets using automake

2000-11-03 Thread Derek R. Price
Akim Demaille wrote: > What's wrong with the `missing' approach? I ran automake the first time without the '--add-missing' argument so when it told me it wouldn't run because "AUTHORS" and "missing" weren't present I simply touched the files in expectation of figuring out what GNU wanted of me l

Re: Targets using automake

2000-11-03 Thread Derek R. Price
Akim Demaille wrote: > What's wrong with the `missing' approach? What version of Automake > are you using? I'm using CVS Automake for my package, and never found > such problem. Oh, Version 1.4. And what's 'CVS Automake' as opposed to automake? Derek -- Derek Price CVS

Re: Targets using automake

2000-11-03 Thread Derek R. Price
"Lars J. Aas" wrote: > : And I'm totally against AM_MAINTAINER_MODE :) > > I always use it. I want every invokation of autoconf and automake to > be explicit on my behalf. I even hate it when config.status goes into > recheck mode. I'm happy enough with them running automatically when the tool

Re: Targets using automake

2000-11-03 Thread Derek R. Price
Paul Berrevoets wrote: > This should already be taken care of by the macro AM_MAINTAINER_MODE. If you use: > ./configure --enable-maintainer-mode > then the autoconf/automake targets are enabled. They should be disabled by default. Doesn't it make more sense to enable/disable the targets bas

Re: Targets using automake

2000-11-03 Thread Lars J. Aas
On Fri, Nov 03, 2000 at 04:49:23PM +0100, Akim Demaille wrote: : > "Derek" == Derek R Price <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: : Derek> This could be a very useful tool but without this feature I : Derek> cannot use it in good conscience. : : What's wrong with the `missing' approach? What version o

Re: Targets using automake

2000-11-03 Thread Derek R. Price
Akim Demaille wrote: > > "Derek" == Derek R Price <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Derek> This could be a very useful tool but without this feature I > Derek> cannot use it in good conscience. > > What's wrong with the `missing' approach? What version of Automake > are you using? I'm using C

Re: Targets using automake

2000-11-03 Thread Akim Demaille
> "Derek" == Derek R Price <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Derek> This could be a very useful tool but without this feature I Derek> cannot use it in good conscience. What's wrong with the `missing' approach? What version of Automake are you using? I'm using CVS Automake for my package, and ne

Re: Targets using automake

2000-11-03 Thread Paul Berrevoets
This should already be taken care of by the macro AM_MAINTAINER_MODE. If you use: ./configure --enable-maintainer-mode then the autoconf/automake targets are enabled. They should be disabled by default. -- Paul "Derek R. Price" wrote: > This same applies to targets using autoconf & autoheade

problem compiling on DEC with dependencies (cxx -M)

2000-11-03 Thread Patrick Guio
Dear all I am not sure if this is to be adressed to libtool or maybe automake since the problem might come from depcom... Anyway I am trying to build a c++ library using libtool on a alphaev6-dec-osf5.0 using cxx. These set up should allow to archive correctly # The archiver. AR="ar" AR_FLAGS

Re: Targets using automake

2000-11-03 Thread Derek R. Price
This same applies to targets using autoconf & autoheader. Derek -- Derek Price CVS Solutions Architect ( http://CVSHome.org ) mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] OpenAvenue ( http://OpenAvenue.com ) -- A burp is not an answer. A burp is not an answer. A burp is not an answer...

Targets using automake

2000-11-03 Thread Derek R. Price
Automake seems to be creating targets by default that make use of automake whether or not the user has automake installed. Timestamps seem to get fouled up in distribution often enough that I think this is very bad from a maintenance viewpoint (more questions to answer) and very rude to users. I

libraries built from subdirectories

2000-11-03 Thread User Marc van Woerkom
Hello, I have a question regarding automake 1.4/1.4a: Is it possible to build a single library from source files that reside in a couple of subdirectories beneath? Something like this: dir1/libfoo.a dir1/dir2/a.c dir1/dir3/b.c Regards, Marc

Re: Problem with @SHELL@ substitution

2000-11-03 Thread Akim Demaille
> "phane" == phane Genaud writes: phane> Hi, on a Irix 6.5 system, using automake 1.4, autoconf 2.12 Please, consider upgrading at least of 2.13. If the trouble persists, give a try to CVS Autoconf (See http://sources.redhat.com/autoconf/ for details), and report bugs against this CVS Auto

Problem with @SHELL@ substitution

2000-11-03 Thread Stéphane Genaud
Hi, on a Irix 6.5 system, using automake 1.4, autoconf 2.12, i have the SHELL variable undefined after aclocal;autoconf;autoheader;automake;./configure The generated Makefile looks like : [..] # even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A # PARTICULAR PURPOSE. SHELL = @SHEL