Re: [XaraXtreme-dev] Re: configure.in:305: error: possibly undefined macro: AM_GNU_GETTEXT

[Luke Hart <lukeh@xxxxxxxx>]

Israel G. Lugo wrote:
> Luke Hart wrote:
>   
> > I was following the instructions for another package (I've forgotten
> > which one, thought). I suspect that using links will ensure that the
> > latest version is always used, rather than the files no longer
> > matching the version of the libraries, etc. on a users machine.
> >     
> The problem with using symlinks for these files is one of portability:
> systems might not have the files in the expected location, or they might
> not have them at all. Personally, I would not use the -s flag, but
> include the files in the package instead. If we think that part of the
> whole purpose of a configure system is to have maximum portability, then
> it logically follows that we should include the necessary tools for the
> package to configure itself.
>
> The files generated by autoreconf are all machine-independent anyway
> (they're mostly shell scripts and their purpose is precisely to be
> portable). The maintainer just needs to keep the files reasonably up to
> date, which is easy enough, and that way the package is much more
> self-sufficient.
>
> Israel
>   

I was answering a different question to the one you think I was 
answering 8-). The question was why do we recommend that users who have 
checked the source out of SVN, use the 'autoreconf -f -i -s'. I agree 
with you entirely about not using that flag to create the release 
tar-ball, but in the case of a user using it on his/her own system I can 
can see advantages.

   Luke