Re: CVS, Makefile.in, and other cruft

1999-11-19 Thread Itai Zukerman
> > 2. The source archive does not come with a Makefile, only a > > Makefile.in; autoconf must be run before make. > > Unless you mean configure and configure.in, this is a non-issue. Yikes! Yes, of course I meant configure and configure.in, and "autoconf must be run before configure" inst

Re: CVS, Makefile.in, and other cruft

1999-11-19 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Thu, Nov 18, 1999 at 09:53:11PM -0500, Itai Zukerman wrote: > 2. The source archive does not come with a Makefile, only a > Makefile.in; autoconf must be run before make. Unless you mean configure and configure.in, this is a non-issue. You only have to run configure to generate the Make

Re: CVS, Makefile.in, and other cruft

1999-11-19 Thread Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho
On Thu, Nov 18, 1999 at 09:53:11PM -0500, Itai Zukerman wrote: > 1. The source archive contains CVS subdirectories. > > Should I remove these before building? Does it matter? It does not matter (unless you use CVS to handle your packages). > 2. The source archive does not come with a Makefile

CVS, Makefile.in, and other cruft

1999-11-19 Thread Itai Zukerman
I've come across two source archives that I'd like to package, that have these characteristics: 1. The source archive contains CVS subdirectories. Should I remove these before building? Does it matter? 2. The source archive does not come with a Makefile, only a Makefile.in; autoconf must