build system proposals for gnome2-branch

[Derek Atkins]

I think that doing this in the g2 branch is fine.

-derek

Christian Stimming <stimming at tuhh.de> writes:

> Hi all,
>
> the build system proposals of 2005-07-20 somehow got lost. So here's an 
> update. I've put together a proposal of what can be changed in the 
> gnome2-branch.  I'd suggest
>
> - removal of acinclude.m4 -- it contains heaps of very old, legacy macros
>
> - removal of ltmain.sh -- it should be created/installed by running libtoolize
>
> - adding 3-4 unavoidable legacy macros into file macros/legacy_macros.m4 
> (attached)
>
> - changing of macros/autogen.sh, diff attached. 
>
> The changes to autogen.sh basically also call libtoolize which was commented 
> out right now because we shipped out own libtool. 
>
> If people agree, I apply this to gnucash-gnome2-dev during the next days.
>
> Regards,
>
> Christian
>
> PS: I would still propose to have a gnucash-1.8.12 release with the stable 
> branch anytime soon. Thanks.
>
>
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