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oaken-source / graprof

a profiling and trace analysis tool - see the website for downloads and additional information
http://graprof.grapentin.org
GNU General Public License v3.0
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Missing ./configure? #1

Closed stefanbeller closed 11 years ago

stefanbeller commented 11 years ago

So I was trying out the git version instead of the tarball and there is no ./configure file. Did the install process change?

oaken-source commented 11 years ago

I am not sure about what is the best solution for this problem.

As I see it, there are three options: [1] update the README I don't like this, because it can be misleading to people using the tarball version. [2] include autogenerated files in the repository I don't like this either because of redundancy. But I know that this is the method used by the glibc project, for example. [3] do nothing This is my favourite. I think that people who choose to use the source tree version of an application can be expected to have enough knowledge of autotools and friends to know how to generate a configure file.

stefanbeller commented 11 years ago

I don't have enough knowledge about the autotools, as I never came accross a package, where either the redundant files were missing or were not documented (such as type these 3 commands and you're happy).

I started reading at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autoconf and assume I'd only need to run autoconf to generate the ./configure script? However:

sb@sb:~/OSS/graprof$ autoconf
configure.ac:13: error: possibly undefined macro: AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE
      If this token and others are legitimate, please use m4_pattern_allow.
      See the Autoconf documentation.
configure.ac:16: error: possibly undefined macro: AM_PROG_CC_C_O
configure.ac:17: error: possibly undefined macro: AM_PROG_AR
configure.ac:18: error: possibly undefined macro: AM_PROG_LEX
configure.ac:31: error: possibly undefined macro: AM_CONDITIONAL
sb@sb:~/OSS/graprof$ autoconf --version
autoconf (GNU Autoconf) 2.69
Copyright (C) 2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+/Autoconf: GNU GPL version 3 or later
<http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>, <http://gnu.org/licenses/exceptions.html>
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

Written by David J. MacKenzie and Akim Demaille.
oaken-source commented 11 years ago

to regenerate all required configure files from the input skeletons (configure.ac, Makefile.am) you have to run

autoreconf --install

oaken-source commented 11 years ago

I decided to include an autogen.sh file in the source tree, that generates the configure script. I also mentioned this in the README. I hope this will suffice :)