Re: m4/bootstrap

[Bruno Haible]

Ralf Wildenhues wrote:
> - Install Libtool.  Fix your $automake_prefix/share/aclocal/dirlist file
>   so that aclocal finds libtool's files, and $PATH so that it contains
>   libtoolize.  CVS Libtool has means in place to tell apart version
>   inconsistencies.
> 
> I'm not in favor of merging libtool into gnulib, and I would prefer if
> you would not "force" CVS users.  The added inconvenience would make me
> stop testing CVS M4 with CVS Libtool.

Eric, if you agree with that, how about documenting it in the bootstrap
script?

*** bootstrap   21 Sep 2006 13:07:02 -0000      1.31.2.4
--- bootstrap   2 Nov 2006 13:21:21 -0000
***************
*** 35,42 ****
  
  # This script bootstraps a CVS checkout of GNU M4 by correctly
  # calling out to parts of the GNU Build Platform.  Currently this
! # requires GNU Autoconf 2.60, GNU Automake 1.9.6, and bleeding edge
! # CVS snapshots of GNU Gnulib.
  
  # Report bugs to <address@hidden>
  
--- 35,44 ----
  
  # This script bootstraps a CVS checkout of GNU M4 by correctly
  # calling out to parts of the GNU Build Platform.  Currently this
! # requires GNU Autoconf 2.60, GNU Automake 1.9.6, GNU Libtool 1.5.22
! # (either installed with the same --prefix as Automake, or made accessible
! # to aclocal's search path through $AUTOMAKE_PREFIX/share/aclocal/dirlist),
! # and bleeding edge CVS snapshots of GNU Gnulib.
  
  # Report bugs to <address@hidden>