bug#28002: automake prog_error when appending to configure.ac a colon-separated list of input files
The following goes through: AC_CONFIG_FILES( [Makefile] [src/Makefile:src/Makefile.in:append/append.mk] ) Thanks
bug#28002: automake prog_error when appending to configure.ac a colon-separated list of input files
Am 08.08.2017 um 08:03 schrieb Ghulam, Sean (Nokia - FI/Espoo): > Prior to writing the report, I tried it with: > AC_CONFIG_FILES( > [Makefile] > [src/Makefile:append/append.mk] > ) On closer examination, the problem is that you've been reading only autoconf documenation to find out how to prepare input used by both autoconf and automake. The correct syntax is actually in the automake manual: AC_CONFIG_FILES( [Makefile] [src/Makefile:src/Makefile.in:append/append.mk] ) The trick being that for automake to grok multi-part input, you have to name not just the final output file, but also the intermediate (the one automake is to build from src/Makefile.am).
bug#28002: automake prog_error when appending to configure.ac a colon-separated list of input files
Hi, Prior to writing the report, I tried it with: AC_INIT([amhello], [1.0], [bug-automake@gnu.org]) AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([-Wall -Werror foreign]) AC_PROG_CC AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([config.h]) AC_CONFIG_FILES( [Makefile] [src/Makefile:append/append.mk] ) AC_OUTPUT I have tried it once again and still receive the same error. Best Regards, Sean From: Hans-Bernhard Bröker Sent: Tuesday, August 8, 2017 2:19 AM To: Ghulam, Sean (Nokia - FI/Espoo); 28...@debbugs.gnu.org Subject: Re: bug#28002: automake prog_error when appending to configure.ac a colon-separated list of input files Am 07.08.2017 um 10:10 schrieb Ghulam, Sean (Nokia - FI/Espoo): > AC_CONFIG_FILES([ > Makefile> src/Makefile:append/append.mk> ]) Your bug report might be more convincing if you hadn't got that syntax wrong. Compare your example with the documentation example you found, and particularly note where the []s and are: > AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile:boiler/top.mk:boiler/bot.mk] > [lib/Makefile:boiler/lib.mk]) Wouldn't you agree that your example should have been AC_CONFIG_FILES( [Makefile] [src/Makefile:append/append.mk] ) ?
bug#28002: automake prog_error when appending to configure.ac a colon-separated list of input files
Am 07.08.2017 um 10:10 schrieb Ghulam, Sean (Nokia - FI/Espoo): AC_CONFIG_FILES([ > Makefile> src/Makefile:append/append.mk> ]) Your bug report might be more convincing if you hadn't got that syntax wrong. Compare your example with the documentation example you found, and particularly note where the []s and are: AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile:boiler/top.mk:boiler/bot.mk] [lib/Makefile:boiler/lib.mk]) Wouldn't you agree that your example should have been AC_CONFIG_FILES( [Makefile] [src/Makefile:append/append.mk] ) ?
bug#28002: automake prog_error when appending to configure.ac a colon-separated list of input files
$ automake
automake: error: src/Makefile:append/append.mk in @other_input_files
automake: @other_input_files = (src/Makefile:append/append.mk)
automake: Please contact .
at /usr/share/automake-1.13/Automake/Channels.pm line 662.
Automake::Channels::msg('automake', '', 'src/Makefile:append/append.mk
in @other_input_files\x{a}@other_in...') called at
/usr/share/automake-1.13/Automake/ChannelDefs.pm line 212
Automake::ChannelDefs::prog_error('src/Makefile:append/append.mk in
@other_input_files\x{a}@other_in...') called at /bin/automake line 4214
Automake::handle_configure('Makefile.am', 'Makefile.in', 'Makefile',
'Makefile.in') called at /bin/automake line 7873
Automake::generate_makefile('Makefile.am', 'Makefile.in') called at
/bin/automake line 8189
Automake::handle_makefile('Makefile.in') called at /bin/automake line
8203
Automake::handle_makefiles_serial() called at /bin/automake line 8337
Tested versions: automake-1.13 and automake-1.15
How to reproduce:
Extract /usr/share/doc/automake-1.13.4/amhello-1.0.tar.gz
Create directory amhello-1.0/append
Create file amhello-1.0/append/append.mk
Add any text to amhello-1.0/append/append.mk
Edit configure.ac to include append/append.mk in AC_CONFIG_FILES as follows:
AC_CONFIG_FILES([
Makefile
src/Makefile:append/append.mk
])
Documentation:
AC_CONFIG_FILES
You can override an input file name by appending to file a colon-separated list
of
input files. Examples:
AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile:boiler/top.mk:boiler/bot.mk]
[lib/Makefile:boiler/lib.mk])
Doing this allows you to keep your file names acceptable to DOS variants, or to
prepend and/or append boilerplate to the file.
Best Regards,
Sean
