mkinstalldirs buglet: gettext vs automake

2006-05-27 Thread Axel Thimm
Hi, I'm using automake 1.9.6 and gettext 0.14.5 In a structure like top sub po (e.g. a subfolder being i18n'zed, but not the top folder) automake/gettextize/autoreconf etc will create mkinstalldirs in sub, but not top. But ac_aux_dir will be set to top because that's where install-sh is

Re: mkinstalldirs buglet: gettext vs automake

2006-05-27 Thread Ralf Wildenhues
Hi Axel, * Axel Thimm wrote on Sat, May 27, 2006 at 08:18:06PM CEST: (e.g. a subfolder being i18n'zed, but not the top folder) automake/gettextize/autoreconf etc will create mkinstalldirs in sub, but not top. But ac_aux_dir will be set to top because that's where install-sh is being placed,

Re: How do I make a -config script?

2006-05-27 Thread Christopher Sean Morrison
Ralf Corsepius [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: scripts that give you information like includes, libraries, etc... is there some autoconf/automake/other magic i can use to automatically generate one of these for my distribution? Nope. Such *-config scripts are ordinary, manually written

Re: How do I make a -config script?

2006-05-27 Thread Tyler MacDonald
Christopher Sean Morrison [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ok, thanks. Just a fleeting thought, such scripts are becoming a more and more common convention and their entire purpose is to interface with autoconf-substituted variables... maybe the time is coming where this should be standardized?