Re: 278-gary-libtoolize-without-automake-or-AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR.diff

[Ralf Wildenhues]

Hi Gary,

* Gary V. Vaughan wrote on Fri, Sep 23, 2005 at 02:17:43PM CEST:
> Okay to commit?

Before answering this..

> For users that have an old style configure.in without AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR,
> and who don't use Automake (hence no `ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I m4'), libtoolize
> currently refuses to copy any of libtool's Autoconf macros.  This changeset
> reverts to the 1.5.x behaviour of dropping them in the current directory
> in that case.

 .. no, it doesnt, AFAICS:

$ libtoolize
| You should add the contents of `/usr/share/aclocal/libtool.m4' to
| `aclocal.m4'.

I don't think we should change this.  People should adapt to the new
way, and since they need to make modifications anyway, they might as
well not be hit by an update incompatibility.

Did I miss something?

> I've also added another diagnostic that will remind the user that modern
> autoconfiscated projects should use AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR to keep these
> macros in a subdirectory.

The warning is probably fine, I'll test the patch after above is
cleared.

Cheers,
Ralf