Re: [PATCH 1/2] Bump to autoconf 2.69 and automake 1.15.1

Andreas Schwab
2018-06-16T07:17:06Z

On Jun 15 2018, Simon Marchi <simon.marchi@polymtl.ca> wrote:

> 2. How do I update those */doc/Makefile.in? When I try to run automake in these
> directories, I get:
>
> automake: error: 'configure.ac' is required
>
> and indeed, there is no configure.ac in the doc directories.

You always need to run automake (and the other autotools) in the
directory containing the configure.ac file (top_srcdir in automake
speak). If you configure with --enable-maintainer-mode the needed rules
are run automatically.

Andreas.

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