Re: FYI: bootstrap with tests/generate.awk!

[Akim Demaille]

>>>>> "Gary" == Gary V Vaughan <address@hidden> writes:

>> In addition you may depend upon dependencies to avoid useless
>> bootstrap targets.  Not that it matters actually ;)

Gary> If automake generated the majority of them by default, then I
Gary> would be right behind you -- tailoring one or two extra targets
Gary> when a project uses some unusual generated files is no big deal.

My point is precisely that we are experimenting slightly ahead of
Automake so that it can just swallow it later.  That's also what I'm
doing with polishing Autotest make target.  I do expect Automake to
offer some more transparent support in the future.

Gary> But if I have to maintain the bootstrap mechanism for half a
Gary> dozen projects, each requiring a different combination of bison,
Gary> flex, gettextize, libtoolize, shtoolize, yadda yadda yadda, the
Gary> easiest way to do it is think about it carefully once, and list
Gary> the correct commands in a standard script.  I'll grant you that
Gary> there is probably not a great deal of additional effort required
Gary> to add rules to Makefile.am, but on some level they seem to
Gary> `pollute' the purity of a typical 5 line top level Makefile.am.

I would promote the Makefile.maint architecture I stole from Jim and
installed on Bison, and Autoconf.  That's the best way to share while
preparing Automake integration IMHO.