Mark Heily wrote: > 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. I also like the ability to simply check out a pristine copy of the source and then simply type 'make'. Fortunately this is quite easy. I have always been fond of Jim's GNUmakefile in Coreutils. http://git.sv.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=coreutils.git;a=blob;f=GNUmakefile Here is a derivation that is maximally condensed for discussion and modified to automatically run autoreconf and ./configure if needed. I have been using this in my own projects. have-Makefile := $(shell test -f Makefile && echo yes) have-configure := $(shell test -f configure && echo yes) have-Makefile-maint := $(shell test -f Makefile.maint && echo yes) ifeq ($(have-Makefile),yes) include Makefile else ifeq ($(have-configure),yes) all: @echo "There seems to be no Makefile in this directory." @echo "Running ./configure before running 'make'." sh ./configure @$(MAKE) else all: @echo "There seems to be no Makefile in this directory." @echo "There seems to be no configure script in this directory." @echo "Running 'autoreconf' to generate the configure script." autoreconf --install @$(MAKE) endif endif ifeq ($(have-Makefile-maint),yes) include Makefile.maint endif By including a GNUmakefile such as in a project then what you are suggesting is available but without a conflict over the generated Makefile. > 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? I am not sure there is enough drudgery in ./configure to really warrant doing crazy stuff. :-) Bob _______________________________________________ Autoconf mailing list Autoconf@xxxxxxx http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/autoconf
