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Re: Should ylwap get installed by autoreconf -i?
- From: Tom Tromey <tromey at redhat dot com>
- To: Harlan Stenn <Harlan dot Stenn at pfcs dot com>
- Cc: automake at gnu dot org
- Date: 24 Sep 2002 18:12:56 -0600
- Subject: Re: Should ylwap get installed by autoreconf -i?
- References: <34998.1032581656@puss.pfcs.com>
- Reply-to: tromey at redhat dot com
>>>>> "Harlan" == Harlan Stenn <Harlan.Stenn@pfcs.com> writes:
Docs>> The `ylwrap' program is distributed with Automake. It should appear in
Docs>> the directory specified by `AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR' (*note Finding
Docs>> `configure' Input: (autoconf)Input.), or the current directory if that
Docs>> macro is not used in `configure.in'.
Harlan> What does "should" mean in that sentence?
It means that automake expects to find the file there.
However, automake also should know to copy the file there.
Harlan> I'm asking because we have discovered that (since
Harlan> automake/1.5, at least) ylwrap is not being installed by
Harlan> either "automake --add-missing" or "autoreconf --install".
Does this still happen with 1.6 and the current 1.7 prerelease?
I remember some fixes in this area between 1.5 and now.
In any case, failure to install this file is a bug.
Tom