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Re: Autoconf 2.52b released
From: |
Ralf Corsepius |
Subject: |
Re: Autoconf 2.52b released |
Date: |
05 Aug 2001 06:27:32 +0200 |
Am 04 Aug 2001 16:55:21 +0200 schrieb Akim Demaille:
> >>>>> "Ralf" == Ralf Corsepius <address@hidden> writes:
>
> hi!
>
> >> 1. The package layout has completely changed
>
> Ralf> AFAIS, aclocal still applies $PREFIX/aclocal. However, autoconf
> Ralf> does not put any files into it. I.e. when installing autoconf it
> Ralf> does not generate a $PREFIX/aclocal directory.
>
> Err, I don't understand what you mean. aclocal is an Automake beast.
>
Urgh - You're right, braino :(
> Ralf> A nit in autoconf's interaction with automake: automake does not
> Ralf> know anything about autom4te.caches and therefore misses to
> Ralf> clean them up. At least I would assume 'make clean' and/or
> Ralf> 'make distclean' to rm -rf them
>
> I suppose you refer to the Autoconf package only, right? Otherwise I
> don't know how to deal with that :(
Well, I am talking about autoconf > 2.52 cluttering source-trees with
autom4te.cache-directories and nobody caring to remove them.
Though I agree that it would be desirable to let autoconf do this
cleanup, I fail to see how autoconf could do this job.
Ralf
- Autoconf 2.52b released, Akim Demaille, 2001/08/01
- autom4te and aclocal.m4 (Was: Autoconf 2.52b released), Lars J. Aas, 2001/08/01
- Re: Autoconf 2.52b released, Nicolas Joly, 2001/08/02
- Re: Autoconf 2.52b released, Ralf Corsepius, 2001/08/02
- Re: Autoconf 2.52b released, Akim Demaille, 2001/08/04
- Re: Autoconf 2.52b released,
Ralf Corsepius <=
- Re: Autoconf 2.52b released, Akim Demaille, 2001/08/09
- Re: Autoconf 2.52b released, Ralf Corsepius, 2001/08/09
- Re: Autoconf 2.52b released, Akim Demaille, 2001/08/09
- Re: Autoconf 2.52b released, Gary V . Vaughan, 2001/08/09
- Re: Autoconf 2.52b released, Akim Demaille, 2001/08/10