Re: [Gnash-dev] Questions about autogen.sh

[Rob Savoye]

dolphinling wrote:

> First, why is this used rather than autoreconf?

  That just runs part of the process. autogen.sh does all the steps
required to setup the autotools. For example, autogen.sh knows the
difference between the main version of libtoolize, which have to be
handled differently.

> Third, is there any point to any of the following, or can they be removed?

  Those lines are testing if various macros are used in the top level
configure.ac script. If they are used, then that effects what happens in
generating all the proper files in the right places.

        - rob -