Hello all,
I'm trying to bootstrap a package that is "almost" completely compliant with the GNU
coding standards: the only difference with a normal GNU pack is that the README file
is generated (from a perlpod file). This is meant to make it easier to make the same
kind of file in a manpage (section 7), HTML page, etc.
My bootstrap script looks like this:
-- BEGIN ./bootstrap --
#! /bin/sh
set -x
aclocal
autoheader
automake -i --add-missing --copy
autoconf
--- END ./bootstrap ---
and my Makefile.am like this (for as far as the README is concerned):
-- BEGIN Makefile.am section --
README : Hash.7.pod README.in
pod2text $< > $@
cat README.in >> $@
--- END Makefile.am section ---
What I'd like to know is whether it is possible to keep the GNU (--gnu)
standards for Automake's checking, but not have it look at README while
bootstrapping: if it every should fail to "build" README, it wouldn't be
able to `make`, but bootstrapping should still work if one of the
required files is a make target, IMHO.
The reason I want to keep the --gnu strictness is that I want --add-
missing to work, as I don't want to have the GNU COPYING files, etc. in
my CVS.
Any pointers would be very welcome.
Ronald
