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Subject: Re: [porter's handbook] problems generating pkg-plist automagically
Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2002 19:26:49 -0500
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On Wednesday 16 January 2002 19:13, Simon 'corecode' Schubert wrote:

>
> you should patch Makefile.am when your port install is using automake
> (doesn't appear to me so). otherwise you have to patch Makefile.in
> because this is the source configure builds the final Makefile from. In
> case you don't want to run automake just for creating that modified .in
> file, it's really better to modify the .in file itself.

I disagree here. IMO you should modify the file at the top of the food chain.
>
> right. see above. your configure somehow notices that the .am file is
> newer than the .in file and concludes: .in needs to be rebuilt. this
> isn't what you want.

See above.

Fernan, 

AFA automake goes, you need to update your ports. automake is v. 1.5 and 
autoconf is v. 2.52.

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