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Re: generating a configure script in a subdirectory?
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Ralf Corsepius |
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Re: generating a configure script in a subdirectory? |
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Wed, 17 Dec 2003 12:20:04 +0100 |
On Wed, 2003-12-17 at 10:05, Akim Demaille wrote:
> > But beware, autoreconf can be dangerous and doesn't always work.
>
> Why?
To make a long story short, some examples:
1. autoreconf doesn't work if a package has not been prepared for the
particular version of auto*tools autoreconf is about to run.
i.e. you are going to trip each and every incompatibility any of the
auto*tools are carrying around.
E.g. run autoreconf on packages assuming autoconf-2.13 or libtool-1.4
with autoconf-2.59 rsp. libtool-1.5 installed - Im most cases the result
will be garbage or non-functionality.
(An extreme: Take the gcc source tree and try autoreconf - The result is
devastation ;) )
2. I am still experiencing problems with autoreconf failing to run
autoheader in certain cases. Unfortunately I am only seeing this with
real-world code and have not been able to produce an isolated example.
Ralf
- generating a configure script in a subdirectory?, Juan Luis Baptiste, 2003/12/15
- Re: generating a configure script in a subdirectory?, Bob Friesenhahn, 2003/12/15
- Re: generating a configure script in a subdirectory?, Juan Luis Baptiste, 2003/12/16
- Re: generating a configure script in a subdirectory?, Bob Friesenhahn, 2003/12/16
- Re: generating a configure script in a subdirectory?, Juan Luis Baptiste, 2003/12/16
- Re: generating a configure script in a subdirectory?, Ralf Corsepius, 2003/12/17
- Re: generating a configure script in a subdirectory?, Akim Demaille, 2003/12/17
- Re: generating a configure script in a subdirectory?,
Ralf Corsepius <=
- Re: generating a configure script in a subdirectory?, Akim Demaille, 2003/12/18
- Re: generating a configure script in a subdirectory?, Bob Friesenhahn, 2003/12/17
- Re: generating a configure script in a subdirectory?, Andreas Schwab, 2003/12/20
- Re: generating a configure script in a subdirectory?, Bob Friesenhahn, 2003/12/20
- Re: generating a configure script in a subdirectory?, Juan Luis Baptiste, 2003/12/17