Re: [PATCH] Explain how to define $(AUTOM4TE) to generate `testsuite'.

[Benoit SIGOURE]

On Oct 31, 2007, at 5:13 PM, Ralf Wildenhues wrote:

* Benoit Sigoure wrote on Wed, Oct 31, 2007 at 04:43:28PM CET:

        * doc/autoconf.texi (Making testsuite Scripts): Here,
        with AM_MISSING_PROG.

I'm not sure about this one. Actually, as a user, I'd prefer not to worry

with this and do this automagically in AC_CONFIG_TESTDIR, WDYT?

It should work whether Automake is used or not.

--- a/doc/autoconf.texi
+++ b/doc/autoconf.texi

 @code{AC_CONFIG_FILES} command includes substitution for
 @file{tests/atlocal}.


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+AM_MISSING_PROG([AUTOM4TE], [autom4te])
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@@ -20202,6 +20202,13 @@ Still within @file{configure.ac}, as appropriate, ensure that some +You will also need to invoke @command{autom4te} to generate the testsuite, +so you should add the following invocation to @file{configure.ac} too:

How about something like this?

@item
You will also need to invoke @command{autom4te} to generate the
testsuite, written as @samp{$(AUTOM4TE)} in the example below.
If you are using Automake, a good way to define it is to add this
to @file{configure.ac}:
@example
AM_MISSING_PROG([AUTOM4TE], [autom4te])
@end example

Cheers,

--
Benoit Sigoure aka Tsuna
EPITA Research and Development Laboratory

True, that's better (once again I forgot that it was possible to use autoconf without automake, even though this seems rare). By the way, AM_MISSING_PROG is undocumented (and thus "officially" internal) in automake. There's an entry in automake's TODO that reads "Document: AM_MISSING_PROG", maybe I can propose another patch for automake to document AM_MISSING_PROG?

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