For what it's worth.....we always recommend aclocal && autoheader && automake -a -i && autoconf
when building LessTif from CVS sources. On 03-Dec-99 at 17:43, Richard Gillilan ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > > > Per http://www.fsf.org/manual/automake/html_mono/automake.html#SEC29 > > > Automake's automatic dependency tracking currently requires the use of > > > both GNU make and gcc. make dist runs automake --include-deps to > > > remove the Gnu make + gcc requirement for the distribution. > > > > > > We could also add "AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = no-dependencies " to the > > > Makefile.am files, but that would preclude those who happen to be > > > using gcc and Gnu make from having dynamically updated dependencies. > > > > > I'm not sure what this means. Does this mean that if I were to add some > code (say a new function somewhere) and then put calls to that function is > some other file, that the Gnu make/gcc combination would allow the autotools to create a makefile with all the right dependencies automatically? So using SGI compile with > Gnu make would not get the dependency right? > > Richard > > > ps, is there a good starting place to learn about all these tools. I'm > plowing throught the autoconf and automake manuals, but wish it was all > summarized somewhere in one place.
