Re: [Fwd: [PATCH] sharutils' autoconfigury]

[Bruce Korb]

On Sunday 10 July 2005 10:32 am, you wrote:
> Hello,

Hi again :)

> I'm not sure I understand.  The file doesn't have to exist, it only has
> to be listed as a distributed file in Makefile.am.
> It should be enough to get the rule in Makefile.in.

Wrong.  Sorry :-(

> + automake --gnu --add-missing
> configure.in: installing `config/install-sh'
> agen5/Makefile.am: installing `config/compile'
> agen5/Makefile.am: installing `config/depcomp'
> automake: cannot open < doc/autogen.texi: No such file or directory
> + exit 1
> error:  bootstrap failed

Another kludge:  before running automake, create a totally bogus
"autogen.texi" file, run automake, then delete it.  Not Good at all.

*sigh* - Bruce