Geoff Hutchison writes:
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> Pas de problem.
? French speaking (parlons francais alors :-)
> What version of things do you recommend. The configure
> script requires at least 2.13, but I don't know what features you've used
I did not use any fancy feature. I just used the following:
autoconf
automake --foreign
autoheader
aclocal
Of course I also did a automake --add-missing --copy --foreign and
libtoolize --copy and the beginning to get missing files.
Here is the small explanation:
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Autoconf and automake
Contributors to htdig must have the following tools installed:
automake 1.4a (ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/automake/)
note that you'll find automake 1.4 here. The 1.4a version
has important bug fixes not yet integrated. You will find
the patches and a .tar.gz distribution with patch applied
at http://www.senga.org/htdig/tools/).
libtool 1.3.3 (ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/libtool/libtool-1.3.3.tar.gz)
autoconf 2.13 (ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/autoconf-2.13.tar.gz)
The versions numbers are important because libtool evolved and previous
versions will not achieve the desired effect. The Makefiles in the
htdig distribution will automatically call the appropriate tools
to regenerate files if sources are modified. For instance if you modify
a Makefile.am file, automake will be called to regenerate the Makefile.in
and then configure will be called to regenerate the Makefile.
Although this tool suite seem to be a constraint that makes htdig less
portable, it must be understood that none of these tools will be called
unless a source file is modified. Downloading a .tar.gz distribution and
doing make + make install will *not* require these tools.
Developpers who get the sources from the CVS tree will need these tools,
even if they do not modify source files like configure.in. This is because
the 'cvs checkout' command does not restore modification dates and induces
the Makefile to think that some source files were modified.
In short if you plan to modify htdig or get the sources from the CVS tree,
you must have these tools. If you merely want to compile a distribution
you don't.
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