Re: Targets using automake

2000-11-03 Thread Akim Demaille
> "Derek" == Derek R Price <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Derek> Akim Demaille wrote: >> What's wrong with the `missing' approach? Derek> I ran automake the first time without the '--add-missing' Derek> argument so when it told me it wouldn't run because "AUTHORS" Derek> and "missing" weren't p

Re: Targets using automake

2000-11-03 Thread Akim Demaille
> "Derek" == Derek R Price <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Derek> What's the 'missing' approach? When autoconf or automake is not found, the script `missing' is then used, and touches the products. ~/src/am % ./missing --help nostromo 17:21 ./missing [OPTION

Re: Targets using automake

2000-11-03 Thread Derek R. Price
Akim Demaille wrote: > What's wrong with the `missing' approach? I ran automake the first time without the '--add-missing' argument so when it told me it wouldn't run because "AUTHORS" and "missing" weren't present I simply touched the files in expectation of figuring out what GNU wanted of me l

Re: Targets using automake

2000-11-03 Thread Derek R. Price
Akim Demaille wrote: > What's wrong with the `missing' approach? What version of Automake > are you using? I'm using CVS Automake for my package, and never found > such problem. Oh, Version 1.4. And what's 'CVS Automake' as opposed to automake? Derek -- Derek Price CVS

Re: Targets using automake

2000-11-03 Thread Derek R. Price
"Lars J. Aas" wrote: > : And I'm totally against AM_MAINTAINER_MODE :) > > I always use it. I want every invokation of autoconf and automake to > be explicit on my behalf. I even hate it when config.status goes into > recheck mode. I'm happy enough with them running automatically when the tool

Re: Targets using automake

2000-11-03 Thread Derek R. Price
Paul Berrevoets wrote: > This should already be taken care of by the macro AM_MAINTAINER_MODE. If you use: > ./configure --enable-maintainer-mode > then the autoconf/automake targets are enabled. They should be disabled by default. Doesn't it make more sense to enable/disable the targets bas

Re: Targets using automake

2000-11-03 Thread Lars J. Aas
On Fri, Nov 03, 2000 at 04:49:23PM +0100, Akim Demaille wrote: : > "Derek" == Derek R Price <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: : Derek> This could be a very useful tool but without this feature I : Derek> cannot use it in good conscience. : : What's wrong with the `missing' approach? What version o

Re: Targets using automake

2000-11-03 Thread Derek R. Price
Akim Demaille wrote: > > "Derek" == Derek R Price <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Derek> This could be a very useful tool but without this feature I > Derek> cannot use it in good conscience. > > What's wrong with the `missing' approach? What version of Automake > are you using? I'm using C

Re: Targets using automake

2000-11-03 Thread Akim Demaille
> "Derek" == Derek R Price <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Derek> This could be a very useful tool but without this feature I Derek> cannot use it in good conscience. What's wrong with the `missing' approach? What version of Automake are you using? I'm using CVS Automake for my package, and ne

Re: Targets using automake

2000-11-03 Thread Paul Berrevoets
This should already be taken care of by the macro AM_MAINTAINER_MODE. If you use: ./configure --enable-maintainer-mode then the autoconf/automake targets are enabled. They should be disabled by default. -- Paul "Derek R. Price" wrote: > This same applies to targets using autoconf & autoheade

Re: Targets using automake

2000-11-03 Thread Derek R. Price
This same applies to targets using autoconf & autoheader. Derek -- Derek Price CVS Solutions Architect ( http://CVSHome.org ) mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] OpenAvenue ( http://OpenAvenue.com ) -- A burp is not an answer. A burp is not an answer. A burp is not an answer...

Targets using automake

2000-11-03 Thread Derek R. Price
Automake seems to be creating targets by default that make use of automake whether or not the user has automake installed. Timestamps seem to get fouled up in distribution often enough that I think this is very bad from a maintenance viewpoint (more questions to answer) and very rude to users. I