From: Poster Matt on
Can anyone suggest a really good tutorial for using autoconf and automake?

I found several, but only one (linked below) made a good effort at explaining
what each stage was doing and, having worked my way through it, ultimately it
failed and the tutorial did not help me resolve them nor was I able to work out
what I needed to do to resolve the errors I was getting.

http://mij.oltrelinux.com/devel/autoconf-automake/

Here's hoping you guys can point me in the right direction.

Thanks all.
From: Ralph Böhme on
Poster Matt <postermatt(a)no_spam_for_me.org> schrieb:
> Can anyone suggest a really good tutorial for using autoconf and automake?

> I found several, but only one (linked below) made a good effort at explaining
> what each stage was doing and, having worked my way through it, ultimately it
> failed and the tutorial did not help me resolve them nor was I able to work out
> what I needed to do to resolve the errors I was getting.

> http://mij.oltrelinux.com/devel/autoconf-automake/

> Here's hoping you guys can point me in the right direction.

<http://sourceware.org/autobook/autobook/autobook_toc.html#SEC_Contents>
<http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/manual/html_node/index.html>
<http://www.gnu.org/software/automake/manual/html_node/index.html>

Have fun!
-Ralph
From: Poster Matt on
Ralph B�hme wrote:
> Poster Matt <postermatt(a)no_spam_for_me.org> schrieb:
>> Can anyone suggest a really good tutorial for using autoconf and automake?
>
>> I found several, but only one (linked below) made a good effort at explaining
>> what each stage was doing and, having worked my way through it, ultimately it
>> failed and the tutorial did not help me resolve them nor was I able to work out
>> what I needed to do to resolve the errors I was getting.
>
>> http://mij.oltrelinux.com/devel/autoconf-automake/
>
>> Here's hoping you guys can point me in the right direction.
>
> <http://sourceware.org/autobook/autobook/autobook_toc.html#SEC_Contents>
> <http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/manual/html_node/index.html>
> <http://www.gnu.org/software/automake/manual/html_node/index.html>

Thanks, though I was looking for a tutorial rather than the documentation, I
need help with the process.

I noticed on this page:

http://www.seul.org/docs/autotut/

in 'Figure 1 - File Input/Output Graph' that a config.h is generated. My C
source code actually has a config.h file - will this conflict with the GNU
'Auto' generation process? Should I rename my config.h file?

Thanks.
From: Ralph Böhme on
Poster Matt <postermatt(a)no_spam_for_me.org> schrieb:
> Ralph Böhme wrote:
>> Poster Matt <postermatt(a)no_spam_for_me.org> schrieb:
>>> Can anyone suggest a really good tutorial for using autoconf and automake?
>>
>>> I found several, but only one (linked below) made a good effort at explaining
>>> what each stage was doing and, having worked my way through it, ultimately it
>>> failed and the tutorial did not help me resolve them nor was I able to work out
>>> what I needed to do to resolve the errors I was getting.
>>
>>> http://mij.oltrelinux.com/devel/autoconf-automake/
>>
>>> Here's hoping you guys can point me in the right direction.
>>
>> <http://sourceware.org/autobook/autobook/autobook_toc.html#SEC_Contents>
>> <http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/manual/html_node/index.html>
>> <http://www.gnu.org/software/automake/manual/html_node/index.html>

> Thanks, though I was looking for a tutorial rather than the documentation, I
> need help with the process.

> I noticed on this page:

> http://www.seul.org/docs/autotut/

> in 'Figure 1 - File Input/Output Graph' that a config.h is generated. My C
> source code actually has a config.h file - will this conflict with the GNU
> 'Auto' generation process? Should I rename my config.h file?

Short answer: for the sake of learning autotools, yes, rename it.

Cheers, Ralph
From: Poster Matt on
Ralph Böhme wrote:
> Poster Matt <postermatt(a)no_spam_for_me.org> schrieb:
>> Ralph Böhme wrote:
>>> Poster Matt <postermatt(a)no_spam_for_me.org> schrieb:
>>>> Can anyone suggest a really good tutorial for using autoconf and automake?
>>>> I found several, but only one (linked below) made a good effort at explaining
>>>> what each stage was doing and, having worked my way through it, ultimately it
>>>> failed and the tutorial did not help me resolve them nor was I able to work out
>>>> what I needed to do to resolve the errors I was getting.
>>>> http://mij.oltrelinux.com/devel/autoconf-automake/
>>>> Here's hoping you guys can point me in the right direction.
>>> <http://sourceware.org/autobook/autobook/autobook_toc.html#SEC_Contents>
>>> <http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/manual/html_node/index.html>
>>> <http://www.gnu.org/software/automake/manual/html_node/index.html>
>
>> Thanks, though I was looking for a tutorial rather than the documentation, I
>> need help with the process.
>
>> I noticed on this page:
>
>> http://www.seul.org/docs/autotut/
>
>> in 'Figure 1 - File Input/Output Graph' that a config.h is generated. My C
>> source code actually has a config.h file - will this conflict with the GNU
>> 'Auto' generation process? Should I rename my config.h file?
>
> Short answer: for the sake of learning autotools, yes, rename it.

Thanks, ok I will. I think that may be where I went wrong with my original
tutorial. :)

Don't bother pointing me in the direction of another tutorial, I'll retry the
one I used before with a renamed config.h file.

Cheers.