Bruno Haible <bruno@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > Are we now supposed to edit Makefile.in by hand each time we modify > Makefile.am? I hope not. How about the following (untested) Automake patch? 2007-06-20 Paul Eggert <eggert@xxxxxxxxxxx> * aclocal.in (write_aclocal): Warn about autoconf incompatibilities instead of making them fatal. Problem reported by Bruno Haible in <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-automake/2007-06/msg00010.html>. Index: aclocal.in =================================================================== RCS file: /cvs/automake/automake/aclocal.in,v retrieving revision 1.140 diff -p -u -r1.140 aclocal.in --- aclocal.in 14 Oct 2006 17:40:25 -0000 1.140 +++ aclocal.in 21 Jun 2007 05:32:18 -0000 @@ -783,9 +783,9 @@ sub write_aclocal ($@) # use it in the header below. autom4te will output the name of # the file in the diagnostic anyway. $output = "m4_if(m4_PACKAGE_VERSION, [$ac_version],, -[m4_fatal([this file was generated for autoconf $ac_version. -You have another version of autoconf. If you want to use that, -you should regenerate the build system entirely.], [63])]) +[m4_warning([this file was generated for autoconf $ac_version. +You have another version of autoconf. It may work, but it may not. +If you have problems, you may need to regenerate the build system entirely.])]) $output"; } _______________________________________________ Autoconf mailing list Autoconf@xxxxxxx http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/autoconf
