RE: configure process in GTK+

Thanks, quite reliefed to see a simple explanation :-)

Fernando

From: Tor Lillqvist [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: sexta-feira, 16 de Maio de 2003 3:19
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: [gimpwin-dev] configure process in GTK+
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> Fernando Martins writes:
>  > I could copy and try it but it occurred to me see how GTK+/win
> is doing it,
>  > but looking at the files in the source code, there is no autogen.sh.
>
> You mean the source code from gtk+-1.3.0-20030115-src.zip? Yes,
> indeed, the autogen.sh file (which is in CVS) does seem to be left out
> when I do a "make distdir" (from which the aboce zipfile then is
> built). I don't know what mechanism causes it to be included in the
> official GTK+ source tarballs. (Or is it included in those, even?)
>
>  > The rebuild of the "auto files" is being done by hand? Why not use
>  > autogen.sh?
>
> autogen.sh is too automatic ;-) You don't see what stage goes wrong if
> something goes wrong. (And on Windows, some step of the process might
> well work strangely.) I much prefer to run aclocal, automake, autoconf
> and configure manually.
>
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