[sane-devel] sane backend build system - help

2011-04-25 Thread Chris Bagwell
ckend files: emptybackend.c > emptybackend.h emptybackend.conf > with lots of comments in about what you should add in various places. > > > - Original Message - From: "Paul Newall" > To: > Sent: Sunday, April 24, 2011 8:26 PM > Subject: Re: [sane-devel]

[sane-devel] sane backend build system - help

2011-04-25 Thread Paul Newall
files: emptybackend.c emptybackend.h emptybackend.conf with lots of comments in about what you should add in various places. - Original Message - From: "Paul Newall" To: Sent: Sunday, April 24, 2011 8:26 PM Subject: Re: [sane-devel] sane backend build system - help >

[sane-devel] sane backend build system - help

2011-04-24 Thread Paul Newall
Sent: Sunday, April 24, 2011 7:15 PM Subject: Re: [sane-devel] sane backend build system - help Its common to have a newer version of autofoo tools on your system and you'll need to update the pre-existing files committed in git. Try running with install option to get newer versions of files

[sane-devel] sane backend build system - help

2011-04-24 Thread Paul Newall
I want to write a new backend. Currently the main obstacle is that I find the backend build system very intimidating. I have no experience of autoconf, automake, or libtool. On my system (ubuntu 10.10) I can run autoreconf and ./configure apparently OK, but when I run make I get these errors: li

[sane-devel] sane backend build system - help

2011-04-24 Thread Chris Bagwell
Its common to have a newer version of autofoo tools on your system and you'll need to update the pre-existing files committed in git. Try running with install option to get newer versions of files: autoreconf -i If that doesn't work then use the force option: autoreconf -i -f Chris On Sun, Apr