Re: More an autopackage

[Tom Tromey]

>>>>> "Geoffrey" == Geoffrey Wossum <address@hidden> writes:

Geoffrey> I was thinking about this, and I considered another
Geoffrey> possibility.  autopkg would scan the Makefile.am to build a
Geoffrey> basic specfile, which the developer could then add pre/post
Geoffrey> install scripts and so forth.  This would be analogous to
Geoffrey> autoscan producing a basic configure.in that the developer
Geoffrey> then customizes.

Unfortunately, I don't think it is that easy.

First, Makefile.am contents can be conditional on the particular
configuration.  That is why you really want to deal with the
post-configuration package (using `make') and not Makefile.am.

Second, the more complex post-install scripts are generated by
automake itself.  For instance, take a look at the hair required to
install an info page.  It would be a pain for developers to have to
insert this code by hand (if they even know it exists).

Tom