Hi there!

Hi,

Sometime ago someone suggested removing some configuration files from the CVS. Considering all the trouble those files generate (to allow compiling by just: ./configure; make), it looks as a good idea.

I'd remove:

Makefile.in doc/Makefile.in src/Makefile.in src/IO/Makefile.in config.h.in configure

aclocal.m4 (generated by aclocal) install-sh mkinstalldirs missing depcomp (generated by automake -a)

From then, after checkout, you should run:

autoheader; autoconf; automake; ./configure; make

some more steps, but a lot less trouble!

I think the standard way is to have an autogen.sh file that does it for you. for example: http://cvs.gnome.org/lxr/source/gob/autogen.sh So, after a checkout from cvs, you'd run ./autogen.sh --prefix=/usr ... After that it's ./configure as usual. HTH, Jörgen