Hi automake developers,
1) defect
Bootstrap of quite recent release of one project automake 1.13 produce
following warning:
...
#configure.ac:27: warning: AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE: two- and three-arguments
forms are deprecated. For more info, see:
#configure.ac:27:
http://www.gnu.org/software/automake/manual/automake.html#Modernize-AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE-invocation
...
Hyperlink "Modernize-AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE-invocation" does not exist in
current page.
As result I can not include proper automake reference in bug report to
package authors.
It seems to me closed to topic is link '#Public-Macros' in current
(2013-01-21) manual.
Please correct URL in warning message.
2) enhancement
AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE paragraph ends with following :
....
By default this macro AC_DEFINE's PACKAGE and VERSION. This can be
avoided by passing the no-define option:
AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([gnits 1.5 no-define dist-bzip2])
---
Probably correct suggestion is just AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([1.5 no-define])
and for details to refer again to macro options directly to chapter
"17.2 List of Automake options".
Manual must not suggest gnits and dist-bzip2 as project distribution
policy could be less restrictive (foreign) or authors may prefer dist-xz
or dist-gzip.
Regards,
Roumen Petrov
