Re: automake 1.12 and AM_PROG_AR

2012-05-10 Thread Simon Josefsson
Nick Bowler writes: >> --- libidn-1.24.orig/configure.ac >> +++ libidn-1.24/configure.ac >> @@ -34,6 +34,10 @@ AC_SUBST(LT_CURRENT, 17) >> AC_SUBST(LT_REVISION, 7) >> AC_SUBST(LT_AGE, 6) >> >> +# automake 1.12 seems to require this, but automake 1.11 doesn't recognize >> it >> +m4_pattern_al

Re: automake 1.12 and AM_PROG_AR

2012-05-10 Thread Nick Bowler
On 2012-05-10 12:52 +0200, Simon Josefsson wrote: > Hi, > > I have received patches similar to the one below for several of my > projects already, and I'm beginning to think there may be something that > could be improved in automake. Why does automake 1.12 need something > that 1.11 doesn't even

ylwrap removes too many directories from output

2012-05-10 Thread Nikolai Weibull
Hi! If Automake is used in non-recursive mode and one of the inputs is a yacc file, for example, src/grammar.y, ylwrap will remove too many directories from the output file when it adjusts the paths in it. This results in #line directives referring to grammar.y instead of src/grammar.y. This is a

automake 1.12 and AM_PROG_AR

2012-05-10 Thread Simon Josefsson
Hi, I have received patches similar to the one below for several of my projects already, and I'm beginning to think there may be something that could be improved in automake. Why does automake 1.12 need something that 1.11 doesn't even recognize? Perhaps a smoother way to introduce this behaviou

Re: Don't distribute auto*tools output; do distribute autoreconf input

2012-05-10 Thread Eric Blake
On 05/10/2012 01:14 PM, Paul Elliott wrote: > > I want the people that receive my tarball to do autoreconf. Their system's > autoconf-archive may be more up-to date than mine. > > What is the best way to tell automake not to distribute (i.e. put in > tarball), > all the files created by autore

Don't distribute auto*tools output;do distribute autoreconf input

2012-05-10 Thread Paul Elliott
I want the people that receive my tarball to do autoreconf. Their system's autoconf-archive may be more up-to date than mine. What is the best way to tell automake not to distribute (i.e. put in tarball), all the files created by autoreconf, ./configure? I especially do not want to distribute