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Re: bad libjava/libltdl/Makefile.in; automake version?
- From: Michael Koch <konqueror at gmx dot de>
- To: Per Bothner <per at bothner dot com>
- Cc: java at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2003 22:33:44 +0100
- Subject: Re: bad libjava/libltdl/Makefile.in; automake version?
- References: <3FE0A5A0.7030309@bothner.com>
On Wed, Dec 17, 2003 at 10:51:12AM -0800, Per Bothner wrote:
> The version of libjava/libltdl/Makefile.in in the CVS repository
> does not have the @MAINTAINER_MODE_TRUE@ guard to disable the
> dependencies when --disable-maintainer-mode (the default) is
> configured. So it tries to run automake, which fails because
> it doesn't find the right version of automake.
Damn, this may be a buggy automake 1.7.9 on my Debian system.
> This looks like a serious bug in automake version 1.7.9.
> (libjava/Makefile.in was generated using automake 1.4, which
> seems awfully old. This is strange, because both were checked
> in by Micahel Koch, though not on the same day.)
libjava/libltdl uses current autoconf/automake. libjava uses automake 2.13
and a patched version of automake 1.4.
> What is the current list of preferred autotools for gcc?
> Should this be listed someone on/from
> http://gcc.gnu.org/java/contrib.html ?
The correct place is the HACKING file in my opinion. There is the
patched automake mentioned. This needs to be updated when Thomas
Fitzsimmons commits the autofriends work. ;-)
Michael.