Re: autoconf/automake questions

[Albert Strasheim]

Hello,

On Sun, 29 Dec 2002, Federico Montesino Pouzols wrote:

>         I have found that newer releases of autoconf and automake
> (from 2.5x and 1.6 on) handle dependencies (including .am and .in
> files) more strictly, so the two problems you mention disappear when

I am running automake 1.6.3 and autoconf 2.57.

> using these autotools releases. With classic releases I would say it
> is more reliable to use reconfig and configure. Anyway, if you just
> want to do a quick compilation of an additional SOURCE, one can always
> edit the Makefile :)

Anyway, I've found the solution to the problem. All you have to do is to 
configure with --enable-maintainer-mode, and changes to Makefile.am and 
the like will cause autoconf/automake to rerun the neccesary programs to 
generate the .in files.

Cheers,

Albert