Arkadiusz Miskiewicz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Tuesday 07 of October 2003 12:08, Hrvoje Niksic wrote:
>> Thanks!
>
> btw. looking into test4 I see that autoconf conception is used in
> weird way. Normally aclocal.m4 is autogenerated by aclocal command
"Normally" only if you're also using Automake. Wget doesn't use
Automake and therefore has no use for `aclocal'.
> You are seem to put all macros (even local macros!) inside of
> aclocal.m4.
Yes, local macros are in aclocal.m4 -- that's how it got its name.
Autoconf manual says:
To create a `configure' script with Autoconf, you need to write an
Autoconf input file `configure.ac' (or `configure.in') and run
`autoconf' on it. If you write your own feature tests to
supplement those that come with Autoconf, you might also write
files called `aclocal.m4' and `acsite.m4'.
Then, later:
Those files [`aclocal.m4' and `acsite.m4'] can contain your site's
or the package's own Autoconf macro definitions.
`acinclude.m4' is not even mentioned, so I must assume it's another
Automake thing.
> This is bad because it doesn't allow to regenerate autoconf/aclocal
The macros in aclocal.m4 are not autogenerated, therefore there is no
need for regeneration. Am I missing something?
> We at PLD are right now patching wget to move all local macros into
> acinclude.m4 but it would be better if that was done properly at
> wget maintainers level :)
Could you explain the motivation behind the move from aclocal.m4 to
acinclude.m4?
