Using gnulib with a simple Makefile

[Cufi, Carles]

Hi there,

I was wondering if there's a way of using gnulib when the target project is comprised of a simple Makefile instead of a Makefile.am and configure.ac.

I haven't been able to find any information online about this.

Regards,

Carles

[Bruno Haible]

Hi,

Post by Cufi, Carles
I was wondering if there's a way of using gnulib when the target project
is comprised of a simple Makefile instead of a Makefile.am and configure.ac.

A simple Makefile, instead of Makefile.am, is supported: Use gnulib-tool
option --gnu-make.

But a configure.ac is required; there's no way around this.

Bruno

[Cufi, Carles]

Hi Bruno,

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Sent: 15 January 2018 19:06
Subject: Re: Using gnulib with a simple Makefile
Hi,

Post by Cufi, Carles
I was wondering if there's a way of using gnulib when the target
project is comprised of a simple Makefile instead of a Makefile.am and

configure.ac.
A simple Makefile, instead of Makefile.am, is supported: Use gnulib-tool
option --gnu-make.
But a configure.ac is required; there's no way around this.

Thanks.

Since I am trying to add support for gnulib to an existing open source project, is it possible to create a minimal, barebones configure.ac that essentially is there only for gnulib? Any pointers appreciated.

Regards,

Carles

[Bruno Haible]

Hi,

Post by Cufi, Carles

Post by Bruno Haible
But a configure.ac is required; there's no way around this.

Thanks.
Since I am trying to add support for gnulib to an existing open source project,
is it possible to create a minimal, barebones configure.ac that essentially
is there only for gnulib?

You'll better proceed in two steps:

1. Add a minimal configure.ac to your project.
For this, you can use the attached nearly minimal "Hello world" project in C.

2. Invoke gnulib-tool as documented in the manual.

Bruno