Re: [GD-DEVEL] `make dist` failure

On Sunday 09 March 2008, Pierre Joye wrote:
> >  i am using HEAD and that is where files are missing.  look at the
> > EXTRA_DIST variable in src/Makefile.am and it refers to a bunch of files
> > that do not exist.  the bdftogd script missing is certainly bad. 
> > configure.ac is not involved at all.
>
> bdftogd is still in src/ as far as I can see.

yeah, you're right ... i was comparing a different directory while i was 
banging on stuff

> Other are missing. I 
> don't they are all still used (ie. makefile.sample). Maybe they are
> some rest of old releases, a cleanup seems to be necessary.

yeah, the misc configure/makefile files can be dropped, but i think the README 
and such need to be added back

> My main question is how to move the configure.ac (and related files)
> to the root and add the respective sub directories like src/ examples/
> etc.

that's easy enough ... just relocate configure.ac to the upper dir, update the 
output list in the file, and create a Makefile.am with SUBDIRS pointing to 
where you want

> The second question is about keeping the auto* scripts or simply drop
> them. CMake supports now crosscompilation, that was a must have for
> many developers (especially for embedded systems) and was also a
> stopping point. I have no problem to keep the auto* scripts but I will
> need help to keep them in a workable state. Lars does a fantastic job
> and will certainly be very happy to get help in this area.

i'd prefer to keep.  i dont believe cmake crosscompiliation support is in a 
released version, but even so, integrating autotool packages into a build 
framework is a lot easier to drop & run than cmake.
-mike

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