| Using autoreconf leaves me without any way to work around this problem, | unless I make a bootstrap script anyway (calling `touch README` before | autoreconf to make the problem disappear).
Precisely. That's why I still don't understand your argument. I have this: | ~/src/a2ps-4.13 % cat bootstrap | #! /bin/sh | set -e | contrib_scripts="card fixps pdiff psmandup psset" | | echo "Bootstrapping a2ps..." | | # These are created by the Makefile, which is missing for the time | # being. They are needed by configure. | for i in $contrib_scripts | do | touch contrib/$i.in | done | | # Autoconf, Automake, Gettext. | autoreconf --force --install --verbose | | # Configure and make the missing guys. | ./configure | | # Configure was using card.in etc. But they were probably fake ones. | # Remove them, and let make do the rest. | ( | cd contrib | for i in $contrib_scripts | do | rm -f $i $i.in | done | make | ) | make
