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Re: macros directory not created automatically |
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Thu, 3 Mar 2011 21:36:51 +0100 |
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[adding bug-automake]
On Thursday 03 March 2011, Javier Jardón wrote:
> Hi,
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Hi Javier, and thanks for the report.
> I'm using
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> ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I m4 ${ACLOCAL_FLAGS}
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> in my main Makefile.am, but I have to add the m4 directory to the git
> tree, or create it in my autogen script (and this doesnt work if I do
> not use a autogen file and only autoreconf instead)
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> Shouldnt be automake smart enough to create that directory automatically?
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Probably yes -- but IMHO it should then also be smart enough to create
the directory *only* when it makes sense, i.e. only when the `--install'
flag is used too.
Also, it might be useful if aclocal would not complain (or at least would
not error out) in case it is passed a non-existent or unreadable directory
through the `-I' option. This "laxer" behaviour is implemented in many
other gnu tools already (e.g., make, m4. gcc).
I might take a look at this issues in the next(ish) days.
Thanks,
Stefano
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Re: bug#10816: [PATCH] aclocal: create local directory where to install m4 files |
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Sat, 17 Mar 2012 09:46:30 +0100 |
On 03/15/2012 08:57 PM, Stefano Lattarini wrote:
> Fixes automake bug#8168 and bug#10816.
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> A call like "aclocal -I m4 --install" used to fail if the 'm4'
> directory wasn't pre-existing. This could be particularly
> annoying when running in a checked-out version from a VCS like
> git, which doesn't allow empty directories to be tracked.
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> * aclocal.in (File::Path): New import.
> (scan_m4_dirs): Don't die if the first directory of type FT_USER
> doesn't exist and the '--install' option was given; that directory
> will be created later in ...
> (install_file): ... here. Change signature: now it takes as second
> argument the destination directory rather than the destination file.
> Crate the destination directory if it doesn't already exist. In
> verbose mode, tell what is being copied where.
> (write_aclocal): Update.
> * NEWS, THANKS: Update.
> * tests/aclocal-install-fail.test: New test.
> * tests/aclocal-install-mkdir.test: Likewise.
> * tests/aclocal-no-install-no-mkdir.test: Likewise.
> * tests/aclocal-verbose-install.test: Likewise.
> * tests/list-of-tests.mk: Add them.
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> Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <address@hidden>
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> I will push this in a couple of days if there is no objection.
> Thanks to David and Javier, and sorry for the awful delay.
>
No objection seen so far, so I've pushed this patch (with minor
adjustments, see commit a75a1a52). I'm also closing the relevant
bug reports.
Regards,
Stefano
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