Hi, I don't know whether this is common knowledge or intended behaviour
but:
The AbiWord build system which uses 'Makefile' for a custom (non-automake)
build and 'GNUmakefile[.{in|am}]' for building with automake+autoconf
automake-1.5 is incompatible with this because it assumes (in depout.m4)
that makefiles are called 'Makefile' and not 'GNUmakefile'.
Also, it would be nice if a little message popped up, e.g.
echo Initiating dependencies in $dirpart
because AbiWord has a lot of directories and autoconf is quiet for so long
while creating dependencies that one could be forgiven for pressing ^C and
cursing the fates...
Regards, Frank
Francis James Franklin
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Deep in the human unconsciousness is a pervasive need for a logical
universe that makes sense. But the real universe is always one step
beyond logic.
--- from `The Sayings of Muad'dib' by the Princess Irulan
--- depout.m4 Fri Oct 19 14:20:15 2001
+++ depout.abi Fri Oct 19 14:21:44 2001
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@
for mf in $CONFIG_FILES; do
case "$mf" in
Makefile) dirpart=.;;
+ GNUmakefile) dirpart=.;;
*/Makefile) dirpart=`echo "$mf" | sed -e 's|/[^/]*$||'`;;
+ */GNUmakefile) dirpart=`echo "$mf" | sed -e 's|/[^/]*$||'`;;
*) continue;;
esac
grep '^DEP_FILES *= *[^ #]' < "$mf" > /dev/null || continue