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Hi Ralf!
On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 9:48 PM, wrote:
> * Steffen Dettmer wrote on Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 02:15:57PM CET:
>> Perl 5.006 required--this is only version 5.00503, stopped at -e line 1.
>
> I'm really not interested in bug reports against 8-year-old 1.6.3.
> Perl 5.6 is ten(!) years ol
Hello Steffen,
* Steffen Dettmer wrote on Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 02:15:57PM CET:
> On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 10:20 PM, wrote:
> > BTW, you should really update to a newer Automake version.
>
> I'm afraid that this won't be that easy:
> ./automake-1.11.1 # ./configure
> Perl 5.006 required--this is on
On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 10:20 PM, wrote:
> * Steffen wrote here:
> > but it does create Makefile (BTW, isn't this a bug?)
> Yeah, this is a bug...
Ohh this is fixed as least with 1.10: if automake aborts, the old
Makefile is preserved and automake is run again on next make. So
this error cannot b
On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 10:20 PM, wrote:
> I agree that it's awkward.
autoconf & automake are the best and most powerful build tools I know.
It's not too easy to learn but luckily there is free support on
mailinglists :-)
> A simple way to avoid the warning is to do the install-data-local rule
>
Hi Steffen,
* Steffen DETTMER wrote on Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 11:48:49AM CET:
> --->8===
> install-data-local: myinstbase
>
> uninstall-local: myuninstbase
>
> myinstbase:
> mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)$(prefix)
> touch $(DESTD
Hi,
I hope I don't ask a FAQ, but I didn't find the answer in the web
so I decided to ask here :)
If there is a complex installation thing `foo', like extracting
some archive:
tar xzf $(srcdir)/$(requiredfiles) -C "$(DESTDIR)$(requiredfilesdir)"/FILES
and a conditional complex `feature', someon
