[Xastir] New configure.ac script - RPM upgrades

[Olivier Calle]

> Curt Mills, WE7U wrote:
> > I learned this in my reading lately:  There are two different trains
> > of thought w.r.t. the autotools stuff.  1) Distribute the derived
> > files so that the users just have to type "configure;make;make
> > install", or 2) Distribute the configure.ac file only and have the
> > users create the derived files themselves.
> >
> > Xastir used to be in camp 1).  Now we're in camp 2).  Time will tell
> > if this works out better for us.

On Fri, 14 Feb 2003, Gerry Creager N5JXS wrote:
> Unless you can give me a real good reason, I'm still in camp 1.

I agree.  When Curt described some of this autoconf stuff, it sounded like
we would still be in camp 1, but now we aren't?

Distributing a configure file is what I see in all the source packages I
have ever used that had autoconf stuff.  We should not change that.
Xastir should build (for the users) with the familiar sequence:
./configure
make
make install

What we do in CVS could have more requirements than that, though, but not
in source releases that regular users will try.

Wow, that's more than I've written to the list in a while, time for a
breather... ;-)

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