Re: remove dependency on Makefile.am in Makefile.in

2008-05-07 Thread Bob Friesenhahn
On Wed, 7 May 2008, Kamaljit Singh wrote: I was wondering if the following is plausible -- I use Makefile.am and run automake (autoreconf, really) to create the Makefile.in's When I distribute the project, I dont want to distribute configure.ac and Makefile.am, rather distribute only the gener

remove dependency on Makefile.am in Makefile.in

2008-05-07 Thread Kamaljit Singh
I was wondering if the following is plausible -- I use Makefile.am and run automake (autoreconf, really) to create the Makefile.in's When I distribute the project, I dont want to distribute configure.ac and Makefile.am, rather distribute only the generated configure and Makefile.in's. Is this pos

Re: Disable make distcheck --help and --version checks

2008-05-07 Thread Brendon Costa
These paragraphs say it all: Thanks. That works exactly as i need. I am surprised google didn't find this paragraph when i searched with various options. I als

Installing compressed info files

2008-05-07 Thread John Darrington
By default, the info_TEXINFOS primary causes info files to be created and installed uncompressed. How can I change it so that compressed versions are installed instead? J' -- PGP Public key ID: 1024D/2DE827B3 fingerprint = 8797 A26D 0854 2EAB 0285 A290 8A67 719C 2DE8 27B3 See http://pgp.mit.e

Re: Disable make distcheck --help and --version checks

2008-05-07 Thread Ralf Wildenhues
Hi Brendon, * Brendon Costa wrote on Wed, May 07, 2008 at 09:20:27AM CEST: > The subject says it all. I have a "special" example project that i would > like to ensure when i use the distcheck target it does NOT check that > some or all of the installed applications provide --help or --version.

Disable make distcheck --help and --version checks

2008-05-07 Thread Brendon Costa
The subject says it all. I have a "special" example project that i would like to ensure when i use the distcheck target it does NOT check that some or all of the installed applications provide --help or --version. How can i do this? Some people are likely to want to argue that it is important