On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 10:43 AM, Eric Blake <eblake@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> According to NightStrike on 2/24/2010 8:37 AM:
>> Why doesn't autoscan output the AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE macro into
>> configure.scan when it detect Makefile.am, but does output
>> AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile]), even when Makefile doesn't exist, but
>> only Makefile.am does?
>
> Are you sure Makefile.in did not exist? Showing a shell transcript of a
> minimal reproduction of the bug with a bare-bones configure.ac and
> Makefile.am might help others reproduce this (as well as be a great
> lead-in for a testsuite addition).
Yes, it did not exist:
[trunk]$ ls
AUTHORS COPYING.MinGW-w64 DISCLAIMER Makefile.am
mingw-w64-doc mingw-w64-libraries
COPYING COPYING.MinGW-w64-runtime DISCLAIMER.PD mingw-w64-crt
mingw-w64-headers mingw-w64-tools
[trunk]$ autoscan
[trunk]$ ls
AUTHORS configure.scan COPYING.MinGW-w64 DISCLAIMER
Makefile.am mingw-w64-doc mingw-w64-libraries
autoscan.log COPYING COPYING.MinGW-w64-runtime DISCLAIMER.PD
mingw-w64-crt mingw-w64-headers mingw-w64-tools
[trunk]$ cat configure.scan
# -*- Autoconf -*-
# Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
AC_PREREQ([2.65])
AC_INIT([FULL-PACKAGE-NAME], [VERSION], [BUG-REPORT-ADDRESS])
# Checks for programs.
# Checks for libraries.
# Checks for header files.
# Checks for typedefs, structures, and compiler characteristics.
# Checks for library functions.
AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile])
AC_CONFIG_SUBDIRS([mingw-w64-crt
mingw-w64-headers
mingw-w64-libraries/libmangle
mingw-w64-libraries/pseh
mingw-w64-tools/gendef])
AC_OUTPUT
[trunk]$
> The current behavior probably exists because no one has ever reported it
> before, or been bothered enough by it to submit a patch. Unfortunately,
> autoscan is not as well tested as autoconf, so any help you could provide
> would be welcome.
Sure, just tell me what you need.
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