X-Authentication-Warning: delorie.com: mail set sender to geda-user-bounces using -f
X-Recipient: geda-user AT delorie DOT com
Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2015 11:17:56 +0200 (CEST)
From: Roland Lutz <rlutz AT hedmen DOT org>
To: "Svenn Are Bjerkem (svenn DOT bjerkem AT googlemail DOT com) [via geda-user AT delorie DOT com]" <geda-user AT delorie DOT com>
Subject: Re: [geda-user] New experimental netlist features
In-Reply-To: <CAGde_xPsE32R-5xm3dc=3tSB2eeL2upK3Oaoo3zbOAf9SOpuug@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.11.1509171117510.3185@nimbus>
References: <alpine DOT DEB DOT 2 DOT 11 DOT 1509031356150 DOT 13201 AT nimbus> <55E8773B DOT 9000902 AT jump-ing DOT de> <alpine DOT DEB DOT 2 DOT 11 DOT 1509031846370 DOT 7163 AT nimbus> <55E8831A DOT 8050307 AT jump-ing DOT de> <alpine DOT DEB DOT 2 DOT 11 DOT 1509032004020 DOT 10628 AT nimbus> <55E891FA DOT 2010509 AT jump-ing DOT de>
 <alpine DOT DEB DOT 2 DOT 11 DOT 1509032039300 DOT 14871 AT nimbus> <55E8AE6C DOT 2090304 AT jump-ing DOT de> <alpine DOT DEB DOT 2 DOT 11 DOT 1509040031270 DOT 1962 AT nimbus> <alpine DOT DEB DOT 2 DOT 11 DOT 1509041040130 DOT 2971 AT nimbus> <alpine DOT DEB DOT 2 DOT 00 DOT 1509162004460 DOT 3909 AT lichen> <55F9C1BF DOT 9030603 AT jump-ing DOT de>
 <CAGde_xM4LLVK0v9HCfmhW+z+tnC1Z85A9QRjqWoODeq7OZc6mw AT mail DOT gmail DOT com> <alpine DOT DEB DOT 2 DOT 11 DOT 1509162157140 DOT 25389 AT nimbus> <CAGde_xP_yGreyviKkkdxXpY2pANdgBtpcLt14_ZiawA2r_ECvA AT mail DOT gmail DOT com> <alpine DOT DEB DOT 2 DOT 11 DOT 1509162231560 DOT 30298 AT nimbus>
 <CAGde_xPsE32R-5xm3dc=3tSB2eeL2upK3Oaoo3zbOAf9SOpuug AT mail DOT gmail DOT com>
User-Agent: Alpine 2.11 (DEB 23 2013-08-11)
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed
Reply-To: geda-user AT delorie DOT com
Errors-To: nobody AT delorie DOT com
X-Mailing-List: geda-user AT delorie DOT com
X-Unsubscribes-To: listserv AT delorie DOT com
Precedence: bulk

On Thu, 17 Sep 2015, Svenn Are Bjerkem (svenn DOT bjerkem AT googlemail DOT com) [via geda-user AT delorie DOT com] wrote:
> 'autoreconf -if' is a command you have to know about. It isn't shining 
> as an executable file after a ls -l like autogen.sh is.

It's the normal way to invoke the Autotools; the INSTALL file should 
obviously mention this command.  It wouldn't hurt to have a "autogen.sh" 
script which invokes "autoreconf -if", though.

> If 'autoreconf -if' will work in 'any' project based on autoconf, I will 
> probably have to rethink my default habit when entering the source of an 
> unknown project.

It works on any *sane* project using the Autotools.  There are some 
projects out there which invoke special magic in autogen.sh; "autoreconf 
-if" will probably not work with them.  I'm not sure if gEDA/gaf does 
this, though (that's what I was asking about).