Re: proper autotools ordering?

2008-02-27 Thread Bernd Jendrissek
On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 8:52 AM, Ralf Wildenhues <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If autoreconf doesn't work for some project, then we'd like to know why, > so we can fix it. It really should be used. This isn't really what you asked, but it would be nice if autoreconf knew about gtkdocize, intltoo

Re: proper autotools ordering?

2008-02-26 Thread Karl Berry
The reason autoreconf runs autoconf before autoheader is that the former typically gives better error messages than the latter. autoheader before automake helps avoid a message from automake about missing config.h.in. Yes, I saw that in the autoreconf sources. I think it would be

Re: proper autotools ordering?

2008-02-25 Thread Ralf Wildenhues
Hi Karl, * Karl Berry wrote on Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 12:39:21AM CET: > > I've been using aclocal - autoheader - automake - autoconf for years, > but have no idea any more where I got that ordering. I see that > autoreconf runs autoconf before autoheader, and ah before am, so I > suppose this is i

Re: proper autotools ordering?

2008-02-25 Thread Bob Proulx
Hi Karl! Karl Berry wrote: > I've been looking through the manuals and code, but not finding a > definitive answer: is there a canonical/recommended ordering of running > the autotools, including automake? I really like the encapsulation offered by 'autoreconf'. Bob

Re: proper autotools ordering?

2008-02-25 Thread Andreas Schwab
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Karl Berry) writes: > I've been using aclocal - autoheader - automake - autoconf for years, > but have no idea any more where I got that ordering. I see that > autoreconf runs autoconf before autoheader, and ah before am, so I > suppose this is it: > aclocal - autoconf - autohe

proper autotools ordering?

2008-02-25 Thread Karl Berry
I've been looking through the manuals and code, but not finding a definitive answer: is there a canonical/recommended ordering of running the autotools, including automake? I've been using aclocal - autoheader - automake - autoconf for years, but have no idea any more where I got that ordering. I