Re: autotools & prayertime

[Nadim Shaikli <shaikli at yahoo dot com>]

--- Thamer Mahmoud <neokuwait at hotmail dot com> wrote:
> This is my first project with autotooling, so for now, I can't really
> provide help (or comment) on debugging issues. Google for the error
> message or try what Behdad suggested.

OK, so we're all learning :-)
 
>  > Do you have a short HOWTO or primer (not looking to read books and
>  > 26 chapters on the topic :-)
> 
> Have a look at these simple library examples that I've used as my
> starting point:
> http://sources.redhat.com/autobook/convenience-1.0.tar.gz
> http://sources.redhat.com/autobook/large-1.1.tar.gz
> 
> Also these pages are useful:
> http://www.gnu.org/software/libtool/manual.html#SEC23
> http://sources.redhat.com/autobook/autobook/autobook_283.html#SEC283

Thanks, will do.

>  >  1. In Makefile.cvs make 'all' appear first instead of 'configure' - this
>  >     will then simply run the autotools to create their output instead of
>  >     forcing the user to run configure as well (he/she might not have
>  >     intended to do that as well).
>  > 
> 
> I copied this from the developer guidelines. Elzubeir might have a
> better answer for it than me.

I think the example in the guide needs to be changed.

>  >  3. All projects that incorporate autotools (and all are going in that
>  >     direction), then the projects should put all its source files in
>  >     a ./src directory and the documentations in ./doc, etc.
> 
> I agree. Having a src/ doc/ is better then dumping it all into a
> single directory. Also, I think the developer guidelines should
> probably include a preferred directory structure for projects using
> the autotools.

OK, once Samy's autotools changes get the nod and make it to CVS, we
can make the above change.  Elzubeir, do please add an 'expected dir
structure' with autotools to the guide.

Salam.

 - Nadim


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