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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Karl Vogel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
> Sent: Monday, June 21, 2004 16:40
> To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
> Subject: Incomplete Automake package
> 
> 
> The automake package removes all the files in %{l_prefix}/bin/*-*
> 
> This is incorrect, as the 'missing' script of automake/autoconf uses
> the versioned binaries to automatically re-run automake if the .am
> files are altered.
> 
> Hmm this sounds complicated..  example session:
> 
> 
> $ make
> make  all-recursive
> make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/users/kvo/obj'
> Making all in src
> make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/users/kvo/obj/src'
> make[2]: Nothing to be done for `all'.
> make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/users/kvo/obj/src'
> make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/users/kvo/obj'
> make[2]: Nothing to be done for `all-am'.
> make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/users/kvo/obj'
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/users/kvo/obj'
> [dev:medusa] ~/obj
> 
> >> Everything is up to date, so nothing is done by make.
> >> now touch an input automake file:
> 
> $ touch ../Makefile.am
> [dev:medusa] ~/obj
> $ make
>  cd .. && /bin/ksh /usr/users/kvo/missing --run automake-1.8 --foreign
> Makefile
>  cd . && /bin/ksh ./config.status Makefile
> config.status: creating Makefile
> make  all-recursive
> make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/users/kvo/obj'
> Making all in src
> make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/users/kvo/obj/src'
> make[2]: Nothing to be done for `all'.
> make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/users/kvo/obj/src'
> make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/users/kvo/obj'
> make[2]: Nothing to be done for `all-am'.
> make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/users/kvo/obj'
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/users/kvo/obj'
> [dev:medusa] ~/obj
> 
> >> automake-1.8 is automatically run by the generated Makefile.
> 
> With the current RPM spec, the 'automake-1.8' doesn't exist.
> 
> Regards,
> Karl
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