I got AC_INIT dynamic arguments "working" except that they don't
actually work. Unlike the previous method that I used (evaluated when
configure is executed), the arguments are only evaluated when autoconf
is executed. This means (for example) that when I type 'make dist'
the generated package version and tarball name are stale and reflect
the last time autoconf was executed.
I added a Makefile.am rule to encourage autoconf to be run to update
configure. This was not sufficient. In fact, I find that when I run
'autoconf' manually, the values used are cached values and used
perpetually rather than the new values returned by my scripts. This
cache caused considerable confusion for me while I was developing my
version script because the defective cached value was used until I
removed the autom4te.cache directory or executed 'autoconf --force'.
What is necessary in order to cause "dynamic" AC_INIT arguments to
actually work? Is there a way to convince Automake to invoke autoconf
with the --force option?
Thanks,
Bob
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Bob Friesenhahn
bfriesen@...,
http://www.simplesystems.org/users/bfriesen/GraphicsMagick Maintainer,
http://www.GraphicsMagick.org/
