Re: Error because README is missing

2004-12-06 Thread Paul Smith
%% 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

Re: Error because README is missing

2004-12-06 Thread Ralf Wildenhues
* 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

Re: Error because README is missing

2004-12-06 Thread Ralf Wildenhues
* Stepan Kasal wrote on Mon, Dec 06, 2004 at 10:03:27AM CET: Hello, On Mon, Dec 06, 2004 at 09:28:17AM +0100, Ralf Wildenhues wrote: AC_OUTPUT touch foo.in ./config.status --file foo why the ``touch''? (./config.status doesn't check the timestamps.) Oh, that was just copy-n-paste

Re: Error because README is missing

2004-12-06 Thread Paul Smith
%% Ralf Wildenhues [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: 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? rw dnl ... rw AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile]) rw AC_OUTPUT rw touch foo.in rw

Re: Error because README is missing

2004-12-02 Thread Paul Smith
%% Akim Demaille [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I need a way to have a file marked as a config file, but not have configure (or automake) fail if the .in input file doesn't exist. ad Hm... What is the service you are expecting? You say that ad configure shouldn't fail, but if it's a

Re: Error because README is missing

2004-12-02 Thread Akim Demaille
Paul == Paul Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: %% Akim Demaille [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I need a way to have a file marked as a config file, but not have configure (or automake) fail if the .in input file doesn't exist. ad Hm... What is the service you are expecting? You say that ad

Re: Error because README is missing

2004-12-02 Thread Paul Smith
%% Akim Demaille [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: ad If you have a bootstrap script, why wouldn't it create a fake ad file, run autoreconf, and them create the right file? I don't have a bootstrap script for building out of CVS. I could create one, I guess. ad Finally, note that you are allowed

Re: Error because README is missing

2004-12-01 Thread Akim Demaille
Andreas == Andreas Schwab [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Untested code ahead. m4_syscmd([test -f build.sh.in])dnl m4_if(m4_sysval, 0, [AC_CONFIG_FILES(build.sh)]) Bad idea: side effects are incompatible with the (autom4te) cache. If the environment changes but not the sources of configure,

Re: Error because README is missing

2004-11-30 Thread Paul Smith
That worked! Thanks Andreas. -- --- Paul D. Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] HASMAT--HA Software Mthds Tools Please remain calm...I may be mad, but I am a professional. --Mad Scientist

Re: Error because README is missing

2004-11-29 Thread Paul D. Smith
%% Alexandre Duret-Lutz [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: adl Hi Paul, Paul == Paul Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Paul In the GNU make package I don't have a README file when Paul it is first checked out from CVS. Paul This used to work but now automake is failing: adl What version(s)

Re: Error because README is missing

2004-11-29 Thread Andreas Schwab
Paul D. Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: However, I actually had a second error that I didn't mention because I figured it would be the same problem... but it's not. The second error is this: $ automake --add-missing --no-force configure.in:398: required file `build.sh.in' not found

Re: Error because README is missing

2004-10-23 Thread Alexandre Duret-Lutz
Hi Paul, Paul == Paul Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Paul In the GNU make package I don't have a README file when Paul it is first checked out from CVS. There is a README.in Paul which is translated into a README, replacing the version Paul info etc. When and how? Paul This used to