Ethereal-dev: Re: [Ethereal-dev] Makefile.common (Was: cvs commit: ethereal Makefile.nmake)

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From: Guy Harris <guy@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2004 18:57:19 -0800
On Sun, Jan 18, 2004 at 02:46:02PM +0100, Joerg Mayer wrote:
> I've attached a sample patch for autoconf/automake. In case we required
> GNU make, it could be done much simpler by adding "include Makefile.common"
> to Makefile.am which would still be in Makefile, so no requirement to run
> automake and configure again for new dissectors.

I'd prefer not to require people who download the release tarballs to
have GNU make - automake deliberately *doesn't* require GNU make for
"make dist" Makefile.in files, although it does require it (or a
compatible make) when building from CVS.