Re: create symlinks during install

2009-05-18 Thread Jon Dufresne
> > Please see the Automake manual for a good example > http://www.gnu.org/software/automake/manual/automake.html#Extending > Thank you! That helps a lot. Jon

Re: create symlinks during install

2009-05-18 Thread Peter Johansson
Hi Jon, Jon Dufresne wrote: I am currently writing a program that uses automake and I would like to create symlinks when the program is installed. Much like the way busybox or git creates many symlinks that point to one binary, I would like to do the same. Is there a correct way to do this? I t

create symlinks during install

2009-05-18 Thread Jon Dufresne
I am currently writing a program that uses automake and I would like to create symlinks when the program is installed. Much like the way busybox or git creates many symlinks that point to one binary, I would like to do the same. Is there a correct way to do this? I tried the following: install-ex

use 'jot' if available (was: automake-1.11 test failure on darwin9 - instmany-python.test)

2009-05-18 Thread Ralf Wildenhues
Hi Peter, thanks for the bug report; will address in a separate message. For now: * Peter O'Gorman wrote on Mon, May 18, 2009 at 03:43:00AM CEST: > Also, I wonder if it is worth checking for bsd''s 'jot' utility in these > tests that use seq? That sounds like a good idea to me. I didn't know j

Re: Various testsuites

2009-05-18 Thread Ralf Wildenhues
Hello, * NightStrike wrote on Mon, May 18, 2009 at 09:41:27PM CEST: > What's the difference between using this: > http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/manual/autoconf.html#Using-Autotest > > and this: > http://www.gnu.org/software/automake/manual/automake.html#Tests > > ? Autotest is a generate

Various testsuites

2009-05-18 Thread NightStrike
What's the difference between using this: http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/manual/autoconf.html#Using-Autotest and this: http://www.gnu.org/software/automake/manual/automake.html#Tests ? Which is better to use? Which will be maintained, and more future-proof? Why is there duplication betwe

Re: My project can't use `silent-rules'

2009-05-18 Thread John Calcote
Hi Bob, On 5/17/2009 11:05 PM, Bob Friesenhahn wrote: On Mon, 18 May 2009, Ralf Wildenhues wrote: You can use AM_SILENT_RULES Worked! Thanks! Unfortunately, it does not silence the warnings from my code. Forgive me, but do you really want it to do this? Of course, if you want to permane