Currently, Autoconf does not generate a top-level Makefile when
running 'make dist'. This means that users are forced to type './
configure' before typing 'make'.
Otherwise, you get the error:
make: *** No targets specified and no makefile found. Stop.
This seems I would like Autoconf to generate a stub Makefile to
include in the top-level of each tarball. The purpose of this stub
Makefile is to call ./configure
to generate the real Makefile and then re-invoke make(1) using the
real Makefile.
Here's a simple example of a stub Makefile:
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all:
./configure
make
install:
./configure
make install
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This idea could be extended to include other targets such as dist,
clean, etc.
My intention is to save typing for power users and make it easier for
novice users to build programs from source. This effectively hides
the Autoconf/Automake mechanism unless someone wants to pass specific
options to the configure script.
Any thoughts?
-Mark
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