Tutorial for using autoconf and automake?
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From: Poster Matt on 7 Apr 2010 09:51 Poster Matt wrote: > Don't bother pointing me in the direction of another tutorial, I'll > retry the one I used before with a renamed config.h file. PS. Unless anyone knows of a really really good tutorial. :)
From: Andrew Poelstra on 7 Apr 2010 10:23 On 2010-04-07, Poster Matt <postermatt(a)no_spam_for_me.org> wrote: > Can anyone suggest a really good tutorial for using autoconf and automake? > > I found several, but only one (linked below) made a good effort at explaining > what each stage was doing and, having worked my way through it, ultimately it > failed and the tutorial did not help me resolve them nor was I able to work out > what I needed to do to resolve the errors I was getting. > > http://mij.oltrelinux.com/devel/autoconf-automake/ > > Here's hoping you guys can point me in the right direction. > > Thanks all. This might not be helpful, but esr just posted a rant about autotools last week: http://esr.ibiblio.org/?p=1877 The comments in the article suggest using scons instead. I've taken a quick look through it's documentation, and it looks a lot easier (and saner) than autotools. In any case, good luck! -- Andrew Poelstra http://www.wpsoftware.net/andrew
From: Poster Matt on 7 Apr 2010 12:16 Ralph Böhme wrote: > Poster Matt <postermatt(a)no_spam_for_me.org> schrieb: >> Ralph Böhme wrote: >>> Poster Matt <postermatt(a)no_spam_for_me.org> schrieb: >>>> Can anyone suggest a really good tutorial for using autoconf and automake? >>>> I found several, but only one (linked below) made a good effort at explaining >>>> what each stage was doing and, having worked my way through it, ultimately it >>>> failed and the tutorial did not help me resolve them nor was I able to work out >>>> what I needed to do to resolve the errors I was getting. >>>> http://mij.oltrelinux.com/devel/autoconf-automake/ >>>> Here's hoping you guys can point me in the right direction. >>> <http://sourceware.org/autobook/autobook/autobook_toc.html#SEC_Contents> >>> <http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/manual/html_node/index.html> >>> <http://www.gnu.org/software/automake/manual/html_node/index.html> > >> Thanks, though I was looking for a tutorial rather than the documentation, I >> need help with the process. > >> I noticed on this page: > >> http://www.seul.org/docs/autotut/ > >> in 'Figure 1 - File Input/Output Graph' that a config.h is generated. My C >> source code actually has a config.h file - will this conflict with the GNU >> 'Auto' generation process? Should I rename my config.h file? > > Short answer: for the sake of learning autotools, yes, rename it. > > Cheers, Ralph Umm (small?) problem... I've been following this tutorial: http://mij.oltrelinux.com/devel/autoconf-automake/ I'm at step 7. So I've edited 'configure.ac' and added: AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(testrun, 1.0) AC_OUTPUT(Makefile src/Makefile) Then run 'aclocal' and then: 'automake --add-missing' which generates an error: "configure.ac:8: required file `config.h.in' not found" Running 'automake' alone with '--add-missing' removed generates the same error. Can't seem to get possible answers to this with google. BTW I did change the name of my source code files config.c and config.h to configfile.c and configfile.h. Any ideas? Thanks.
From: Ralph Böhme on 7 Apr 2010 12:23 Poster Matt <postermatt(a)no_spam_for_me.org> schrieb: > Ralph Böhme wrote: >> Poster Matt <postermatt(a)no_spam_for_me.org> schrieb: >>> Ralph Böhme wrote: >>>> Poster Matt <postermatt(a)no_spam_for_me.org> schrieb: >>>>> Can anyone suggest a really good tutorial for using autoconf and automake? >>>>> I found several, but only one (linked below) made a good effort at explaining >>>>> what each stage was doing and, having worked my way through it, ultimately it >>>>> failed and the tutorial did not help me resolve them nor was I able to work out >>>>> what I needed to do to resolve the errors I was getting. >>>>> http://mij.oltrelinux.com/devel/autoconf-automake/ >>>>> Here's hoping you guys can point me in the right direction. >>>> <http://sourceware.org/autobook/autobook/autobook_toc.html#SEC_Contents> >>>> <http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/manual/html_node/index.html> >>>> <http://www.gnu.org/software/automake/manual/html_node/index.html> >> >>> Thanks, though I was looking for a tutorial rather than the documentation, I >>> need help with the process. >> >>> I noticed on this page: >> >>> http://www.seul.org/docs/autotut/ >> >>> in 'Figure 1 - File Input/Output Graph' that a config.h is generated. My C >>> source code actually has a config.h file - will this conflict with the GNU >>> 'Auto' generation process? Should I rename my config.h file? >> >> Short answer: for the sake of learning autotools, yes, rename it. >> >> Cheers, Ralph > Umm (small?) problem... > I've been following this tutorial: > http://mij.oltrelinux.com/devel/autoconf-automake/ > I'm at step 7. So I've edited 'configure.ac' and added: > AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(testrun, 1.0) > AC_OUTPUT(Makefile src/Makefile) > Then run 'aclocal' and then: 'automake --add-missing' which generates an error: > "configure.ac:8: required file `config.h.in' not found" > Running 'automake' alone with '--add-missing' removed generates the same error. Try autoreconf -vfi > Can't seem to get possible answers to this with google. BTW I did change the > name of my source code files config.c and config.h to configfile.c and configfile.h. Better take your questions over here: <http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/#mailinglists> Cheers, Ralph
From: Poster Matt on 7 Apr 2010 12:35 Ralph Böhme wrote: > Poster Matt <postermatt(a)no_spam_for_me.org> schrieb: >> Ralph Böhme wrote: >>> Poster Matt <postermatt(a)no_spam_for_me.org> schrieb: >>>> Ralph Böhme wrote: >>>>> Poster Matt <postermatt(a)no_spam_for_me.org> schrieb: >>>>>> Can anyone suggest a really good tutorial for using autoconf and automake? >>>>>> I found several, but only one (linked below) made a good effort at explaining >>>>>> what each stage was doing and, having worked my way through it, ultimately it >>>>>> failed and the tutorial did not help me resolve them nor was I able to work out >>>>>> what I needed to do to resolve the errors I was getting. >>>>>> http://mij.oltrelinux.com/devel/autoconf-automake/ >>>>>> Here's hoping you guys can point me in the right direction. >>>>> <http://sourceware.org/autobook/autobook/autobook_toc.html#SEC_Contents> >>>>> <http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/manual/html_node/index.html> >>>>> <http://www.gnu.org/software/automake/manual/html_node/index.html> >>>> Thanks, though I was looking for a tutorial rather than the documentation, I >>>> need help with the process. >>>> I noticed on this page: >>>> http://www.seul.org/docs/autotut/ >>>> in 'Figure 1 - File Input/Output Graph' that a config.h is generated. My C >>>> source code actually has a config.h file - will this conflict with the GNU >>>> 'Auto' generation process? Should I rename my config.h file? >>> Short answer: for the sake of learning autotools, yes, rename it. >>> >>> Cheers, Ralph > >> Umm (small?) problem... > >> I've been following this tutorial: > >> http://mij.oltrelinux.com/devel/autoconf-automake/ > >> I'm at step 7. So I've edited 'configure.ac' and added: > >> AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(testrun, 1.0) >> AC_OUTPUT(Makefile src/Makefile) > >> Then run 'aclocal' and then: 'automake --add-missing' which generates an error: > >> "configure.ac:8: required file `config.h.in' not found" > >> Running 'automake' alone with '--add-missing' removed generates the same error. > > Try autoreconf -vfi > >> Can't seem to get possible answers to this with google. BTW I did change the >> name of my source code files config.c and config.h to configfile.c and configfile.h. > > Better take your questions over here: > <http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/#mailinglists> > > Cheers, Ralph Thanks again Ralph. autoreconf -vfi - worked !! :) Will move to the mailing list for any further questions. These auto tools are a newbie nightmare. Thanks for your help. It's appreciated.
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