gEDA-dev: geda/gaf automake/autoconf issues

[Dan McMahill]

Igor2 wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Today I've checked out the code from the CVS and tried to compile it. I
> had automake version 1.4 and the compilation failed in a way that it was
> not trivial that my automake was too old. Installing automake 1.8 solves
> the problem. I think autogen.sh scripts should check automake/autoconf
> versions and warn the user if they are too old. 
> 

from the automake manual:


    If your package relies on a feature or a bug fix introduced in a
release, you can pass this version as an option to Automake to ensure
older releases will not be used.  For instance, use this in your
`configure.ac':

        AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(1.6.1)    dnl Require Automake 1.6.1 or better.
    or, in a particular `Makefile.am':

        AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = 1.6.1   # Require Automake 1.6.1 or better.
    Automake will print an error message if its version is older than
the requested version.


I haven't tried this to see what, in fact, you get out of running a very 
old automake (like 1.4) when you include these lines.

-Dan