G. Milde wrote: > Building tex2lyx on my Debian/testing system required 2 changes: > > --- /home/milde/downloads/lyx-cvs/devel/configure.ac.144 2005-02-23 > 13:32:17.000000000 +0100 > +++ /home/milde/downloads/lyx-cvs/devel/configure.ac 2005-02-22 > 16:58:30.000000000 +0100 @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ > AC_INIT(lyx,1.4.0cvs,lyx-devel@lists.lyx.org) > AC_PREREQ(2.52) > AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR(src/main.C) > -AM_CONFIG_HEADER([src/config.h]) > +AM_CONFIG_HEADER(src/config.h) > > AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR(config) > > > and the upgrading of automake to version 1.7 > > What is the meaning of the []-s in the original line?
They are 'quotes' that are needed by versions of automake > 1.4. Higher versions complain progressively more loudly if they are not present. > Are they needed? Yes. We don't support automake 1.4. I can probably add a test for this to autogen.sh. > Would the line be understood unchanged by automake 1.7? Yes. (Try ;-) > Günter -- Angus
