Re: top-level Makefile required?

2002-08-14 Thread Tom Tromey
Harlan == Harlan Stenn [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Harlan Is it a bug or a feature that when using automake+autoconf Harlan there Must be a top-level Makefile? Did this ever get resolved? I'm just back from vacation; I read the thread and it seemed to trail off at the end without resolution.

Re: top-level Makefile required?

2002-08-04 Thread Alexandre Duret-Lutz
Harlan == Harlan Stenn [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Fri, Aug 02, 2002 at 07:55:43PM -0400, Harlan Stenn wrote: I tried to write a test case for automake (debugging the AM_CONDITIONAL slowdown problem I'm seeing) and I wrote a top-level configure.ac that only specified the

Re: top-level Makefile required?

2002-08-03 Thread Alexandre Duret-Lutz
On Fri, Aug 02, 2002 at 07:55:43PM -0400, Harlan Stenn wrote: Is it a bug or a feature that when using automake+autoconf there Must be a top-level Makefile? I tried to write a test case for automake (debugging the AM_CONDITIONAL slowdown problem I'm seeing) and I wrote a top-level

Re: top-level Makefile required?

2002-08-03 Thread Harlan Stenn
I typed it correctly in configure.ac and incorrectly in my email. H -- On Fri, Aug 02, 2002 at 07:55:43PM -0400, Harlan Stenn wrote: Is it a bug or a feature that when using automake+autoconf there Must be a top-level Makefile? I tried to write a test case for automake (debugging the

Re: top-level Makefile required?

2002-08-02 Thread Robert Collins
On Sat, 2002-08-03 at 09:55, Harlan Stenn wrote: Is it a bug or a feature that when using automake+autoconf there Must be a top-level Makefile? I tried to write a test case for automake (debugging the AM_CONDITIONAL slowdown problem I'm seeing) and I wrote a top-level configure.ac that only

Re: top-level Makefile required?

2002-08-02 Thread Harlan Stenn
Bug, I'd guess. Why does automake/autoconf assume it is in charge of the directory structure? H -- On Sat, 2002-08-03 at 09:55, Harlan Stenn wrote: Is it a bug or a feature that when using automake+autoconf there Must be a top-level Makefile? I tried to write a test case for automake

Re: top-level Makefile required?

2002-08-02 Thread Robert Collins
On Sat, 2002-08-03 at 10:02, Harlan Stenn wrote: Bug, I'd guess. Why does automake/autoconf assume it is in charge of the directory structure? I'll leave this to the core guys to answer. My understanding is that thats what automake is designed to handle though.. Rob

Re: top-level Makefile required?

2002-08-02 Thread Harlan Stenn
(Robert, thanks for your responses and attention!) I understand, and yet the .texi also says: Note that the directories listed in code{SUBDIRS} are not required to contain file{Makefile.am}s; only file{Makefile}s (after configuration). This allows inclusion of libraries from packages which