On Thursday 01 December 2005 9:10 pm, Ross Boylan wrote: > On Thu, 2005-12-01 at 21:38 +0100, Alexandre Duret-Lutz wrote: > > >>> "RB" == Ross Boylan <ross@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > > > > RB> 5. The autoconf manual has no index entry for aclocal. There is one > > for RB> aclocal.m4, and the text refers to aclocal. Is aclocal > > deprecated? > > > > aclocal is part of Automake, not autoconf. The Automake manual > > documents aclocal and explains how to handle local macros properly. > > Thank you. For the record, the file "acinclude.m4" is automatically > included. I thought I'd previously seen this documented somewhere, but a search in autoconf 2.59's texinfo manual fails to turn up the reference :-( > It seems odd that a routine part of using autoconf requires automake. I > realize technically aclocal is not required to use autoconf, but my > understanding is that it's use is routine. FWIW, I routinely create an aclocal.m4 for my projects, but I've never used aclocal to create it. My tool of choice for this job is vim[1] -- it gives me complete control over what gets included :-) Regards, Keith. [1] substitute your own favourite editor name here. _______________________________________________ Autoconf mailing list Autoconf@xxxxxxx http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/autoconf
