Re: Autotools and "foreign"

[Mike Looijmans <mike.looijmans@topic.nl>]

On 08/12/2014 08:57 PM, Burton, Ross wrote:
> On 12 August 2014 18:40, Mike Looijmans <mike.looijmans@topic.nl> wrote:
>> Is there an alternative to manually patching all of these packages to get
>> them to compile once more?
>
> Depends on the package, but generally you'll need to update the
> automake macro at the top of configure.ac (and submit a patch upstream
> as this should have been fixed years ago).

Basically, you're saying "no" then?

> Encouraging said upstreams to use autoreconf instead of (likely)
> home-grown crazy would be a good move whilst you're talking to them.

That might be the case if said upstream people actually still existed. Most of 
these packages have since long been abandoned.

So I guess I'll have to cook up a class that works around it, just adding the 
"missing" files into the S directory might do the trick.

Mike.


Met vriendelijke groet / kind regards,

Mike Looijmans

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