Integration of a Perl XS module with an Automake build system

[Gavin Smith]

Hello all,

I wonder if anyone could give pointers to advice on how to integrate a
Perl XS module with an Automake build system? Over at the Texinfo
project we're starting to replace parts of makeinfo with loadable
native-code modules, for speed.

The problem is that the Makefiles produced by ExtUtils::MakeMaker (the
module used by the XS tutorial, "man perlxstut") doesn't follow the
standards required by Automake. (Info node "(automake)Third-Party
Makefiles", and the GNU Coding Standards). For example, "make clean"
actually removes the Makefile.

I found a couple of web pages that mentioned this, so basically I was
looking for any updates since then, or other information.

http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/journal/2013-01/025.html suggested not to
use ExtUtils::MakeMaker at all.

http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake/2009-10/msg00034.html gave
a link to how t was done in GraphicsMagick. Today's version of that
appears to be at
http://hg.code.sf.net/p/graphicsmagick/code/file/f11c2c4e798c/PerlMagick/Makefile.am.

Many thanks,
Gavin