Re: avoiding target $(srcdir)/Makefile.in

[john heasley]

ever mind.  i figured out my error in the use of AM_MAINTAINER_MODE.
sorry.  that should would just fine.

thanks.

On Mon, Oct 02, 2000 at 03:35:34PM -0700, john heasley darkened my spool with 
the following:
> On Mon, Oct 02, 2000 at 05:02:46AM -0400, Pavel Roskin darkened my spool with 
> the following:
> > Hello, John!
> > 
> > > is there a macro or option to automake to ommit the target
> > > for $(srcdir)/Makefile.in, such that it is not necessary to
> > > include Makefile.am and configure.in in a distribution?
> > 
> > It already becomes a FAQ. Why do you need this?
> > 
> > The last person who asked about this alleged that there will be problems
> > on systems lacking Automake, but couldn't give a real example.
> 
> if these targets are in the Makefile.in, but i do not include
> aclocal.m4, Makefile.am, or configure.in in the distribution,
> then make fails.  for example:
> 
> roome [3414] ls
> CHANGES         README          cloginrc.sample config.status   mkinstalldirs
> Makefile        Todo            config.cache    configure       util
> Makefile.in     bin             config.log      install-sh
> roome [3415] make
> make: *** No rule to make target `Makefile.am', needed by `Makefile.in'.  
> Stop.
> 
> > > i tried including an empty target in Makefile.am.  it looks
> > > as if it is created in the perl code and there dont appear
> > > to be any conditionals to avoid it.
> > 
> > Only the first statement is correct. Search for "This rule remakes the
> > Makefile.in" in automake - there is a clear indication that
> > AM_MAINTATINER_MODE can be used to suppress that rule.
> 
> this includes @MAINTAINER_MODE_TRUE@ in the Makefile.in target, which
> does not get replaced by configure without an AC_SUBST().
> 
> Makefile.in: $(srcdir)/Makefile.in: @MAINTAINER_MODE_TRUE@ Makefile.am 
> $(top_srcdir)/configure.in $(ACLOCAL_M4) 
> Makefile.in: $(srcdir)/configure: @address@hidden(srcdir)/configure.in 
> $(ACLOCAL_M4) $(CONFIGURE_DEPENDENCIES)
> 
> perhaps i am using AM_MAINTAINER_MODE incorrectly.  i have it in
> configure.in: AM_MAINTAINER_MODE().  it seems to operate in the
> same manner no matter where i put it.
> 
> what am i missing?
> 
> > However, I believe that you don't really want it.
> 
> are input files to automake and autoconf normally just included
> in distributions?  in the past i have seen several packages (not
> necessarily from gnu) which do not include these.
> 
> thanks!
> -heas
> 
> > Regards,
> > Pavel Roskin