Re: --add-missing

[Eric Polino]

On 7/24/07, Ralf Wildenhues <address@hidden> wrote:
> Hello Eric,
>
> * Eric Polino wrote on Tue, Jul 24, 2007 at 06:00:44AM CEST:
> >
> > Here lies the problem.  If I run toplevel/ag.sh it creates
> > finch/libgnt/Makefile.in, as it always has and should.  Within there
> > it generates a variable called DIST_COMMON which doesn't reference the
> > automake scripts such as 'install-sh'.  If I then run
> > finch/libgnt/ag.sh it will regenerate f/l/Makefile.in to where
> > DIST_COMMON now contains 'install-sh' but it references the one in
> > toplevel/ instead of one located in libgnt/.
> >
> > DIST_COMMON="..... ../../install-sh ...."
> >
> > On the other hand if I run finch/libgnt/ag.sh first, it generates
> > Makefile.in with DIST_COMMON having 'install-sh' located in libgnt/
> >
> > DIST_COMMON="...... install.sh ...."
> >
> > The latter behavior is what I want to get.  Is there a way I can get
> > the latter outcome by doing the former procedure while still
> > preserving the latter procedure/outcome pair?
>
> Put `AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR([.])' in finch/libgnt/configure.ac.  Put either
> `AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR([.])' or `AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR([finch/libgnt])' in the
> toplevel configure.ac (depending on whether you would prefer to have two
> copies or only one of the auxiliary scripts in the combined tree.

I'm sort of confused on my options, is this correct?

1. AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR([.]) in finch/libgnt/configure.ac &&
   AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR([.]) in configure.ac

OR

2. AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR([.]) in finch/libgnt/configure.ac &&
   AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR([finch/libgnt]) in configure.ac

> I should note that the latter setup may cause you to stumble over a
> bug with Automake releases older than 1.10, so be sure to use at least
> that.

After reading what that macro does, I think the former setup is
optimal for our situation.  Thank you for you help, we appreciate it!

Eric

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