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Re: Problems with nearly-empty configure.ac's
- From: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e at gmx dot net>
- To: Raphaël Poss <raph at lrde dot epita dot fr>
- Cc: autoconf at gnu dot org
- Cc: automake at gnu dot org
- Date: Sun, 23 Feb 2003 03:25:31 +0100 (CET)
- Subject: Re: Problems with nearly-empty configure.ac's
Raphaël Poss writes:
> This does not:
> ---8<---
> AC_INIT(tools, 0.1)
> AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE
> AC_OUTPUT
> ---8<---
AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE calls AC_PROG_INSTALL which needs install-sh.
> This does not, either:
> ---8<---
> AC_INIT(tools, 0.1)
> AC_CANONICAL_HOST
> AC_OUTPUT
> ---8<---
AC_CANONICAL_HOST needs config.guess and config.sub. They are supposed to
be found in the same directory as install-sh. configure checks for only
install-sh, probably out of laziness. This could be improved.
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