makefiles and CVS

[Salman]

THANKS Ralf,

I wasn't aware of autoconf and bootstrap stuff.
That's certainly the way to go :-)

Salman

On Fri, 2003-01-24 at 13:30, Ralf Corsepius wrote:
> On Fri, 2003-01-24 at 14:01, Salman wrote:
> > Hey guys,
> > 
> > I have a package here, which has its own makefile, and provides a single
> > object file, which should be loaded as module into the linux kernel.
> > 
> > Now, i've modified the code to load into rtems, and it should be placed
> > in /libbsp/i386/pc386 directory. but i'm confused regarding Makefiles.
> > 
> > RTEMS doc, states Makefile.in are the only makefiles required and the
> > configure script generates other makefiles from this. Can anyone suggest
> > how can I go about extracting Makefile.in files out of exisitng
> > Makefiles?
> No way. You need to manually write a Makefile.in or better (much easier)
> write a Makefile.am.
> 
> Alternatively you can try to modify the linux-Makefile to to fit into
> RTEMS source-tree. Something I would strongly discourage you from,
> because IMNSHO, the Linux' kernel Makefiles are not really worth looking
> into, to put it politely ;)]
> 
> > I am now starting to modify rtems code as well, and would like to do
> > this with aid of CVS, but when importing source files, it neglects
> > Makefiles and configure scripts, has anyone experienced this problem
> > before?
> .
> http://www.oarcorp.com/rtemsdoc-current/html/FAQ/FAQ00052.html
> 
> Ralf
>