Re: Package support (RPM, deb, pkg, kits, etc.)

2001-01-12 Thread Alexandre Oliva
On Jan 12, 2001, Michael Still <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 12 Jan 2001, Tom Tromey wrote: >> The automake-related idea I had was that installable objects would be >> marked by the sub-package they belong to. Something like: >> lib_LIBRARIES = libfoo.a >> devel_header_HEADERS = foo/foo.h >

Re: automake Real Millenium Beta: Problem with AM_PROG_LIBTOOL

2001-01-12 Thread Alexandre Oliva
On Jan 12, 2001, Tom Tromey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Alexandre, if the most recent real libtool release still uses > AM_PROG_LIBTOOL The most recent releases of libtool have all accepted both. Maybe we should disable the warning for a while, or trigger it only if AC_PROG_LIBTOOL exists in a

Re: Package support (RPM, deb, pkg, kits, etc.)

2001-01-12 Thread Michael Still
On 12 Jan 2001, Tom Tromey wrote: > I do think it would be useful. However it seems that most package > maintainers are not also the package developers. And, most package > maintainers only develop for a single platform. I'm not sure this is true... I know for the software I write, I also crea

Re: Package support (RPM, deb, pkg, kits, etc.)

2001-01-12 Thread Ganesan Rajagopal
> "Tom" == Tom Tromey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Anyway I think the big problem is sub-package breakdown. Maybe this > is solveable. I'm willing to put patches into automake that help with > `autopackage'. > The automake-related idea I had was that installable objects would be > marked

Re: Package support (RPM, deb, pkg, kits, etc.)

2001-01-12 Thread Tom Tromey
> "Rusty" == Rusty Ballinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Rusty> - As a developer who builds & distributes packages, I'd love a Rusty> tool which abstracts platform-specific packaging, the same way Rusty> autoconf & automake abstract platform-specific building. I Rusty> don't want to become a

Re: Automake: Compiling sources in other directories

2001-01-12 Thread Tom Tromey
> "Dave" == Dave Brolley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Dave> To work around the problem I have to change the generated dependency to: Dave>h1.lo: ../host/h1.cpp Dave>$(LTCXXCOMPILE) -c -o $@ $< Dave> Is this a make bug, or should automake be generating a rule for Dave> making hl.l

Re: automake: Automatic Dependency Tracking

2001-01-12 Thread Dave Brolley
Sending configure.in as requested Tom Tromey wrote: >> "Dave" == Dave Brolley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Dave> I have a project which contains a mix of C and C++ sources, and > Dave> dependency tracking does not seem to be enabled. I've attached > Dave> my Makefile.am and Ma

Re: automake Real Millenium Beta: Problem with AM_PROG_LIBTOOL

2001-01-12 Thread Dave Brolley
>> libtool --version ltmain.sh (GNU libtool) 1.3.4 (1.385.2.196 1999/12/07 21:47:57) Tom Tromey wrote: >> "Dave" == Dave Brolley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Dave> I installed the Real Millenium Beat (1.4b) on my Cygwin system > Dave> (Windows 95). My configure.in uses AM_PROG_L

Re: Package support (RPM, deb, pkg, kits, etc.)

2001-01-12 Thread Rusty Ballinger
> There were two reasons I stopped doing this. > > One reason is that it isn't clear that this is needed. At least the > Debian and RPM communities have already solved these problems to their > satisfaction. I disagree in two ways: - As a developer who builds & distributes packages, I'd love a

Re: automake Real Millenium Beta: Problem with AM_PROG_LIBTOOL

2001-01-12 Thread Tom Tromey
> "Dave" == Dave Brolley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Dave> I installed the Real Millenium Beat (1.4b) on my Cygwin system Dave> (Windows 95). My configure.in uses AM_PROG_LIBTOOL and automake Dave> complains that it is obsolete and that I should use Dave> AC_PROG_LIBTOOL. Ok, so when I make t

Re: automake: Automatic Dependency Tracking

2001-01-12 Thread Tom Tromey
> "Dave" == Dave Brolley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Dave> I have a project which contains a mix of C and C++ sources, and Dave> dependency tracking does not seem to be enabled. I've attached Dave> my Makefile.am and Makefile.in for reference. Just wobdering if Dave> I'm missing something. I'

Re: Automake: Compiling sources in other directories

2001-01-12 Thread Dave Brolley
Hi, One of the reasons I tried automake 1.4b was to see if the support for compiling sources from other directories had been included. I was delighted to see that some work has been done in this area. Using my previous example, the directory structure is something like: src/main -- most of th

Re: Package support (RPM, deb, pkg, kits, etc.)

2001-01-12 Thread Tom Tromey
> "Geoffrey" == Geoffrey Wossum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Geoffrey> Seeing as how packaging support doesn't seem to be here yet, Geoffrey> I would like to work on it. Geoffrey> 1) Is my evalution of automake's current lack of package Geoffrey> support correct? Yes. Geoffrey> 2) Would it

automake: Automatic Dependency Tracking

2001-01-12 Thread Dave Brolley
Hi, The automake online documentation says, regarding automatic dependency tracking: " this mode is enabled by default if any C program or library is defined in the current directory" I have a project which contains a mix of C and C++ sources, and dependency tracking does not seem to be e

automake Real Millenium Beta: Problem with AM_PROG_LIBTOOL

2001-01-12 Thread Dave Brolley
Hi, I installed the Real Millenium Beat (1.4b) on my Cygwin system (Windows 95). My configure.in uses AM_PROG_LIBTOOL and automake complains that it is obsolete and that I should use AC_PROG_LIBTOOL. Ok, so when I make the change, autoconf (version 2.13) says that it can't find AC_PROG_LIBTOOL

Re: ansi2knr breaks dependency generation

2001-01-12 Thread Tom Tromey
> "Robert" == Robert Boehne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Robert> I'm not sure why, but adding ansi2knr causes the file to be Robert> listed in the dependencies for the target as: Robert> FSD_Archive$U.lo Robert> even though it is C++, and shouldn't be affected. Robert> I'm no automake guru, so

Re: AM_CONDITIONAL

2001-01-12 Thread Tom Tromey
> "Anna" == Anna Niemtschk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Anna> When I try to add AM_CONDITIONAL to configure.in I get: Anna> configure: syntax error at line 3497: `AM_CONDITIONAL' unexpected You have to run aclocal before running autoconf. Tom