On Sat, Oct 19, 2024 at 09:34:49AM +0200, Patrice Dumas wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 18, 2024 at 10:10:03PM +0100, Gavin Smith wrote:
> > tp/Texinfo/XS/gnulib/m4/gettext.m4 was added in commit 2cd1cfc788d207c,
> > (Gavin Smith, 2019-03-17), as a result of running gettextize. Some of
> > the confusion may come from the fact that gettextize places files in
> > gnulib/m4 even though the files are not coming from gnulib. (Probably
> > a result of having AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([gnulib/m4]) in configure.ac.)
>
> Indeed, this is very confusing. Also something that probably confused
> me is that there is no visible gettext.m4 below the main directory, but
> still gettext.m4 is included in aclocal.m4.
>
> Is there a specific reason why AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR is gnulib/m4? I have
> the feeling that it is at least partly wrong, and also that the same setup
> should be in the main directory configure.ac.
When you run gnulib-tool it gives you a bunch of changes to make to
your build system files:
Don't forget to
- add "gnulib/lib/Makefile" to AC_CONFIG_FILES in ./configure.ac,
- add "gnulib/po/Makefile.in" to AC_CONFIG_FILES in ./configure.ac,
- mention "lib" in SUBDIRS in gnulib/Makefile.am,
- mention "po" in SUBDIRS in gnulib/Makefile.am,
- mention "-I gnulib/m4" in ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS in Makefile.am
or add an AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIRS([gnulib/m4]) invocation in ./configure.ac,
- mention "gnulib/m4/gnulib-cache.m4" in EXTRA_DIST in Makefile.am,
- invoke gl_EARLY in ./configure.ac, right after AC_PROG_CC,
- invoke gl_INIT in ./configure.ac.
As you say, having other files added to the gnulib directories is
potentially confusing (with files coming from gnulib, gettext, libtool,
automake...).
