Re: autotools FAQ

2006-09-29 Thread Ralf Wildenhues
Hello Stepan, * Stepan Kasal wrote on Fri, Sep 29, 2006 at 12:33:19PM CEST: > On Fri, Sep 29, 2006 at 09:34:42AM +0200, Ralf Wildenhues wrote: > > > Automake is there to help you create portable makefiles. > > Thank you, Ralf, this is true, of course. But from a more theoretical > standpoint, t

Re: autotools FAQ (was: how to turn off shared library notice in output of make install?)

2006-09-29 Thread Stepan Kasal
Hello, I haven't read the whole post, but I'd like to make a few quick comments: On Fri, Sep 29, 2006 at 09:34:42AM +0200, Ralf Wildenhues wrote: > > Q: The "auto" in the name of "automake" and "autoconf", does this > > mean I can create the build environment on one platform and the > >

autotools FAQ (was: how to turn off shared library notice in output of make install?)

2006-09-29 Thread Ralf Wildenhues
[ dropping bug-libtool; apologies for the resend ] Assorted answers and corrections to your the first half of your proto FAQ: * Kent Boortz wrote on Thu, Sep 28, 2006 at 06:00:12AM CEST: > * General questions > > Q: When do I want to use aufoconf? When automake? When libtool? > What combina