problems with mdate-sh and version.texi without AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR in 1.4f

2001-06-03 Thread Kevin Dalley
If AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR is not used, and version.texi is in a doc directory, than "automake -a" installs mdate-sh in top_srcdir, but the Makefile.in in the doc directory tries to use mdate-sh in srcdir, which mdate-sh does not exist. One approach to a fix is to use mdate-sh in top_srcdir, and I incl

Problem with site.exp in automake-1.4f

2001-06-03 Thread Kevin Dalley
In automake-1.4f, in a directory using dejagnu, I ended up with a if % in the middle of Makefile.in Here's a patch which fixes the problem: --- automake-1.4f.orig/lib/am/dejagnu.am +++ automake-1.4f/lib/am/dejagnu.am @@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ ## Note that in the rule we don't directly generate site.e

interpolating automake variables?

2001-06-03 Thread Rusty Ballinger
Hey, I have a question about the interpolation of automake variables like pkglibdir, pkgdatadir, etc. Suppose your package installs programs and scripts which need to know where to find your package's data files, and you want your documentation to have the full paths of your program, etc. The wa

Re: The %.o: %.cc rule

2001-06-03 Thread Harlan Stenn
> Besides the reason that it's not nessasary are there any reasons why > the automake inference rules for C and C++ don't use -o ? > > I seem to remember that some compilers don't accept -o is this correct? Yes. Some older compilers will not accept both -c and -o . > If so what is the typical

The %.o: %.cc rule

2001-06-03 Thread Clark Rawlins
Besides the reason that it's not nessasary are there any reasons why the automake inference rules for C and C++ don't use -o ? I seem to remember that some compilers don't accept -o is this correct? If so what is the typical way of dealing with the lack of -o when you want it? PGP signature

Re: [PATCH] fix install on cygwin with shared libraries

2001-06-03 Thread Gary V . Vaughan
On Sunday 03 June 2001 4:21 am, Robert Collins wrote: > > I figured that changing the call to libtool to use "foo" not "foo.exe" > would be a bad thing in some cases... so I altered libtool to check for > "foo" as a libtool program if it is given "foo.exe" but "foo.exe" does > not exist. The patc