[Freeciv-Dev] (PR#9953) autoconf2.13, autogen.sh leaves sourcetree unusable.

["Jason Short" <jdorje@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

<URL: http://rt.freeciv.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=9953 >

> [marko.lindqvist@xxxxxxxxxxx - Sun Sep 05 11:45:51 2004]:
> 
> 
>   Even with --disable-autoconf2.52, autogen.sh renames acconfig.h as 
> acconfig.old while making 'tree sane'.
> 
> Lines 228-237 from autogen.sh:
> # Reverse changes to make tree sane
> [ -f $SRCDIR/configure.old ] && {
>    mv $SRCDIR/configure.old $SRCDIR/configure.in
> }
> [ -f $SRCDIR/configure.old2 ] && {
>    mv $SRCDIR/configure.old2 $SRCDIR/configure.ac
> }
> [ -f $SRCDIR/acconfig.h ] && {
>    mv $SRCDIR/acconfig.h $SRCDIR/acconfig.old
> }
> 
> 
> and this is what happened to me:
> 
> ../freeciv-patch/autogen.sh --enable-maintainer-mode
--disable-autoconf2.52
> make
> make: *** No rule to make target `acconfig.h', needed by 
> `../freeciv-patch/stamp-h.in'.  Stop.
> 
> 
> But if anybody wants to 'make dist' from tree prepared for autoconf2.13, 
> acconfig.old too is needed. Maybe file should be copied?

The file is supposed to be renamed as acconfig.h if you're using
autoconf2.13.  Obviously this must be broken.  But I wouldn't recommend
spending too much time fixing it since we'll probably drop autoconf2.13
support soon.

jason