Am Don, 2002-01-31 um 17.25 schrieb Alexandre Duret-Lutz: > >>> "Ralf" == Ralf Corsepius <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > [...] > > Ralf> Example: > > Ralf> Given an autoconf-2.52 and automake-1.5 compatible configure.in: > Ralf> .. > Ralf> AC_INIT > Ralf> .. > Ralf> AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(libXrc, 0.1) > Ralf> .. > > To be fair: this syntax is depreciated since Autoconf 2.50. I know ...
> The current `official' syntax is the following: > > AC_INIT(libXrc, 0.1, libxrc-bugs@somewhere) > .. > AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(libXrc, 0.1) This syntax also doesn't expose the "lowercasing" behavior AFAIU, automake overrides autoconf's PACKAGE and PACKAGE_TARNAME, but doesn't seem do so if using the "bleeding edge" syntax. > Autoconf needs these informations to generate propers banners in > configure/config.status, autotest test-suites etc. > > Yes, there is some duplication here. That's why Automake is > droping its arguments and instead try to get these pieces of > information from Autoconf. Because I also knew this, I wanted to give the new syntax a try and was, well ... surprized. Ralf
