Re: [sr #108278] AC_CANONICAL_BUILD depends on install-sh, but it does not get installed
Guillaume Melquiond <[email protected]>
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On 2013/4/1, Eric Blake wrote: > Follow-up Comment #4, sr #108278 (project autoconf): > > Can you please also post your patch to [email protected]? Not > everyone > likes being forced to open a browser just to review a patch. Here it is.
0001-doc-mention-that-some-required-auxiliary-files-might.patch
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From d3419ae67b2707cafd4860eb42f96e82aceae8e0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Guillaume Melquiond <[email protected]> Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2013 17:55:12 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] doc: mention that some required auxiliary files might not be installed by autoreconf -i diff --git a/doc/autoconf.texi b/doc/autoconf.texi index f895e47..27ec409 100644 --- a/doc/autoconf.texi +++ b/doc/autoconf.texi @@ -1745,6 +1745,12 @@ If deemed appropriate, this option triggers calls to @samp{automake --add-missing}, @samp{libtoolize}, @samp{autopoint}, etc. +Please note that @samp{autoreconf -i} will not install the auxiliary +files @file{install-sh}, @file{config.sub}, and @file{config.guess}, +which are required by macros such as @code{AC_PROG_INSTALL} and +@code{AC_CANONICAL_BUILD}, unless the project is also using +@command{automake}. + @item --no-recursive Do not rebuild files in subdirectories to configure (see @ref{Subdirectories}, macro @code{AC_CONFIG_SUBDIRS}). -- 1.7.9.5