Re: autoreconf behavior

[Walter E. Brown]

Thank you for the (very!) prompt and helpful replies.

I don't know, of course, what you might have in mind regarding your
comment, "We ought to do something about this."  However, as a first step,
I would respectfully suggest that any such ordering dependencies (at least
any that become known as "a classic gotcha"!) be noted wherever the macro
is described in the documentation.

As a possible alternative starting point:  Is there a canonical list of
macros that must precede AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE?  How about those that must
precede AC_PROG_LIBTOOL?  Are there any general rules to follow (beyond
those that autoheader imposes)?

In any event, my immediate problem is now solved.  Thanks again.

        - WEB


----- Original Message -----
From: "Alexandre Duret-Lutz" <address@hidden>
To: "Walter E. Brown" <address@hidden>
Cc: <address@hidden>
Sent: Sunday, February 02, 2003 12:42 PM
Subject: Re: autoreconf behavior


| >>> "Walter" == Walter E Brown <address@hidden> writes:
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| [...]
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|  Walter> Is there something further I must do to have configure look
|  Walter> in the correct place, as defined by the install-script?
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| It should be enough to call AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR *before* AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE.
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| That's a classic gotcha.  We ought to do something about this.
|
| [...]