Re: How to use install-data-local conditionally with automake-1.6.3

2010-01-22 Thread Steffen Dettmer
(OT) Hi Ralf! On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 9:48 PM, ralf.wildenh...@gmx.de wrote: * Steffen Dettmer wrote on Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 02:15:57PM CET: Perl 5.006 required--this is only version 5.00503, stopped at -e line 1. I'm really not interested in bug reports against 8-year-old 1.6.3. Perl 5.6

Re: How to use install-data-local conditionally with automake-1.6.3

2010-01-21 Thread Steffen Dettmer
On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 10:20 PM, ralf.wildenh...@gmx.de wrote: I agree that it's awkward. autoconf automake are the best and most powerful build tools I know. It's not too easy to learn but luckily there is free support on mailinglists :-) A simple way to avoid the warning is to do the

Re: How to use install-data-local conditionally with automake-1.6.3

2010-01-21 Thread Steffen Dettmer
On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 10:20 PM, ralf.wildenh...@gmx.de wrote: * Steffen wrote here: but it does create Makefile (BTW, isn't this a bug?) Yeah, this is a bug... Ohh this is fixed as least with 1.10: if automake aborts, the old Makefile is preserved and automake is run again on next make. So

Re: How to use install-data-local conditionally with automake-1.6.3

2010-01-21 Thread Ralf Wildenhues
Hello Steffen, * Steffen Dettmer wrote on Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 02:15:57PM CET: On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 10:20 PM, wrote: BTW, you should really update to a newer Automake version. I'm afraid that this won't be that easy: ./automake-1.11.1 # ./configure Perl 5.006 required--this is only

How to use install-data-local conditionally with automake-1.6.3

2010-01-20 Thread Steffen DETTMER
Hi, I hope I don't ask a FAQ, but I didn't find the answer in the web so I decided to ask here :) If there is a complex installation thing `foo', like extracting some archive: tar xzf $(srcdir)/$(requiredfiles) -C $(DESTDIR)$(requiredfilesdir)/FILES and a conditional complex `feature', someone

Re: How to use install-data-local conditionally with automake-1.6.3

2010-01-20 Thread Ralf Wildenhues
Hi Steffen, * Steffen DETTMER wrote on Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 11:48:49AM CET: ---8=== install-data-local: myinstbase uninstall-local: myuninstbase myinstbase: mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)$(prefix) touch