hi all, I'm trying to maintain a project that intensively uses a preprocessor called "gob2" to produce glib/gtk-compatible C. i kinda like it, and want to keep it, but it's integration to autoconf has quirks. i hope somebody on the list can give me some hints how to solve it better. so, gob2 produces both .h and .c/.cc file from a source .gob. it has an option --no-touch-headers, that will only update the .h if it actually changes. currently, i'm using the gob2.m4 that comes with the gob distribution, find it at the end of this message. and insert "GOB2_CHECK(2.0.0)" into my configure.ac. my Makefile.ams contain, for every .gob: BUILT_SOURCES = foo.cc foo.h pkginclude_HEADERS = foo.h foo_la_SOURCES = foo.gob foo.cc foo.h and additionally: %.cc %.h %-private.h: %.gob @GOB2@ --for-cpp --no-private-header --no-touch-headers $< this is the way suggested by the gob manpage, but i deem it unneccessary redundant. it is also quirky in other ways, dependencies dont work properly (the gob2 manpage states that --no-touch-headers will 'confuse' automake). could there be an easier way, so i just have to add my source .gob (probably the .h if i want it installed) to the Makefile.am? and the dependencies work like supposed? any help/hints/finished .m4 scripts are highly appreciated. i hope this is the right list for this question, if not, please notify me privately, and sorry. -dan gob2.m4 from the gob dist (http://www.5z.com/jirka/gob.html) ------------ dnl dnl GOB_HOOK(script if found, fail) dnl if fail = "failure", abort if GOB not found dnl AC_DEFUN(GOB2_HOOK,[ AC_PATH_PROG(GOB2,gob2) if test ! x$GOB2 = x; then if test ! x$1 = x; then AC_MSG_CHECKING(for gob-2 >= $1) g_r_ve=`echo $1|sed 's/\([[0-9]]*\).\([[0-9]]*\).\([[0-9]]*\)/\1/'` g_r_ma=`echo $1|sed 's/\([[0-9]]*\).\([[0-9]]*\).\([[0-9]]*\)/\2/'` g_r_mi=`echo $1|sed 's/\([[0-9]]*\).\([[0-9]]*\).\([[0-9]]*\)/\3/'` g_ve=`$GOB2 --version 2>&1|sed 's/Gob version \([[0-9]]*\).\([[0-9]]*\).\([[0-9]]*\)/\1/'` g_ma=`$GOB2 --version 2>&1|sed 's/Gob version \([[0-9]]*\).\([[0-9]]*\).\([[0-9]]*\)/\2/'` g_mi=`$GOB2 --version 2>&1|sed 's/Gob version \([[0-9]]*\).\([[0-9]]*\).\([[0-9]]*\)/\3/'` if test $g_ve -eq $g_r_ve; then if test $g_ma -ge $g_r_ma; then if test $g_mi -ge $g_r_mi; then AC_MSG_RESULT(ok) else if test $g_ma -gt $g_r_ma; then AC_MSG_RESULT(ok) else AC_MSG_ERROR("found $g_ve.$g_ma.$g_mi requires $g_r_ve.$g_r_ma.$g_r_mi") fi fi else AC_MSG_ERROR("found $g_ve.$g_ma.$g_mi requires $g_r_ve.$g_r_ma.$g_r_mi") fi else if test $g_ve -gt $g_r_ve; then AC_MSG_RESULT(ok) else AC_MSG_ERROR(major version $g_ve found but $g_r_ve required) fi fi unset gob_version unset g_ve unset g_ma unset g_mi unset g_r_ve unset g_r_ma unset g_r_mi fi AC_SUBST(GOB2) $2 else $3 fi ]) AC_DEFUN([GOB2_CHECK],[ GOB2_HOOK($1,[],[AC_MSG_WARN([Cannot find GOB-2, check http://www.5z.com/jirka/gob.html])]) ]) ------------ -- dan@xxxxxxx http://f3c.com/dan/
