* Paul Smith wrote on Sun, Dec 05, 2004 at 08:25:56PM CET: > %% Akim Demaille <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > ad> Finally, note that you are allowed to ask config.status to perform > ad> substitutions on files it doesn't know[1]. In your case, I'm unsure > ad> binding the instantiation to configure instead of make is right. > > Doh! > > I thought this would be the perfect answer but I completely forgot: the > whole point behind build.sh is that you _DON'T HAVE A MAKE PROGRAM_! > > This shell script lets you build the GNU make distribution on a system > with no native make installed. > > So, I can't put the rules to build the build.sh file in the Makefile, > since when you need build.sh there will not be any make to run the > Makefile. > > > I suppose I could tell those folks to run the config.status step by > hand, but I'd really like to get this built through the configure > script. Ideas?
dnl ... AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile]) AC_OUTPUT touch foo.in ./config.status --file foo What am I missing? Regards, Ralf
