automake & libgcj

[Tom Tromey]

>>>>> "Bryce" == Bryce McKinlay <bryce@albatross.co.nz> writes:

Bryce> Is there a recipe for getting an automake that works correctly
Bryce> with libgcj?

Bryce> Using redhat's automake 1.4 (hacked to remove the "file can't
Bryce> be in a subdirectory" error) works, but the resulting
Bryce> Makefile.in is not formatted as well as the one in cvs.

Do you mean the version of 1.4 ("1.4a") which shipped with RH 6.x?
That verison is known to be broken :-(

Try the FSF 1.4, with the hack you mention.

Bryce> Using the latest cvs automake I get:

Yeah, that won't work either.  Bummer.

I need to find time to finish automake 1.5.  That event seems highly
unlikely.

Tom