autoconf/automake and bootstrap, was Re: make vs. gmake

[Thomas Doerfler]

Hi,

in the last months many requests on the mailing list were due 
to wrong automake/autoconf versions and bootstrap. Wouldn't it 
be possible to check the correct automake/autoconf versions at 
the beginning of "bootstrap", with a quite straightforward 
error message if a non-matching version has been detected? 
Maybe this could avoid lots of frustration to newbies...

wkr,
	Thomas Doerfler.


> 
> 
> Steven Grunza wrote:
> > 
> > How can I be certain that gmake is called during builds instead of the
> > system's make?  That may be the source of my problems.
> 
> make --version
> 
> If it is GNU make, it will be obvious. :)
> 
> > Is there a command line option I need to pass to ./bootstrap ?
> 
> No.  If it doesn't work, then your automake/conf versions are
> not correct for that version of RTEMS.
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