Re: subdir-object compatibility Autotests [libtool--devo--1.0--patch-260]

[Bob Friesenhahn]

On Thu, 14 Oct 2004, Gary V. Vaughan wrote:
> > The good news is that Autoconf and Automake do install properly under 
> > MinGW/Cygwin.  Sooner or later we will encounter a target where this is 
> > not feasable or the effort is otherwise prohibitive.  Should we worry 
> > about that?
>
> I'm not sure what you mean.  Please explain.

I mean a build environment with a bare-bones toolset which is 
sufficient to run configure but lacks enough support (e.g. Perl, m4) 
to properly support Autoconf and Automake.  In this case, 
Autoconf/Automake are executed on a more capable system to prepare the 
package (a cross-development model).  Since libtool is clearly moving 
more toward using m4, it seems that m4 will be a clear requirement.

This is all speculative since thus far all target environments I have 
encountered can support Autoconf and Automake.

Bob
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