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Automatically generate a patched automake if needed, and put instructions in the README about how to use such a patch...

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Automatically generate a patched automake if needed, and put instructions
in the README about how to use such a patched automake.
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Richard Boulton 2001-05-30 15:16:58 +00:00
parent 378c15b872
commit 6aacb9ca09
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README
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@ -13,9 +13,14 @@ autogen.sh to generate the build system files.
Unfortunately, there is a bug in automake which causes it to use a large
amount of memory when generating plugins/Makefile.in. The following patch,
which you may wish to apply to automake (version 1.4), fixes this problem.
Alternatively, ensure that you have at least 128Mb of memory on your system,
It is also fixed in versions of automake 1.4f and later.
Alternatively, ensure that you have at least 512Mb of memory on your system,
and be prepared to wait a little while when running automake (or autogen.sh).
The autogen.sh script will automatically detect an unpatched automake and give
a warning. It will also generate a patched version of automake in the top
build directory, which you can use by putting it in a directory in your $PATH
ahead of the unpatched version of automake.
@@ -2383,8 +2383,8 @@
# to all possible directories, and use it. If DIST_SUBDIRS is
@ -28,7 +33,3 @@ and be prepared to wait a little while when running automake (or autogen.sh).
{
$dist_subdir_name = 'DIST_SUBDIRS';
if (! &variable_defined ('DIST_SUBDIRS'))
The automake developers have been notified of this problem, and supplied with
an equivalent patch against CVS head.

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autogen.sh
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@ -63,7 +63,23 @@ EOF
echo "Detected automake version 1.4 (or near) without patch."
echo "Your version of automake needs a patch applied in order to operate correctly."
echo
patchedfile="`pwd`/automake"
if test -e $patchedfile; then
PATCHED=0
else
echo "patching..."
patch -R -s -f `which automake` <autogen.patch.tmp -o $patchedfile;
chmod +x $patchedfile;
PATCHED=1
fi
echo
echo "***************************************************************************"
if test -e $patchedfile; then
if test "x$PATCHED" == "x1"; then
echo "A patched version of automake is available at:"
echo "$patchedfile"
fi
fi
echo "You should abort the build now and read the README file for an explanation."
echo "***************************************************************************"
echo