Order of commands in libgetopt++/bootstrap.sh

Max Bowsher maxb@ukf.net
Sat Mar 15 13:09:00 GMT 2003


Max Bowsher wrote:
> I've been looking at autoreconf. If it is right, and *if* order *does*
> matter, then libgetopt++/bootstrap.sh is wrong.
>
> autoreconf in libgetopt++:
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> aclocal
> libtoolize
> aclocal (*)
> autoconf
> autoheader
> automake
>
> (*) seems like overkill. Anyway, is currently unneccessary for setup &
> libgetopt++.
>
> bootstrap.sh in libgetopt++:
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> aclocal
> autoheader
> libtoolize
> automake
> autoconf

I suggest re-ordering to match autoreconf (minus the second aclocal - I
checked that is has no effect in this case), on the grounds that the writers
of autoreconf, *should* know what they are doing.

Max.



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