[Freeipa-devel] autogen.sh script?

[Rob Crittenden]

John Dennis wrote:
> Who wrote our autogen.sh script and why?
> 
> Why aren't we using autoreconf instead?
> 
> FWIW autogen.sh is seriously broken, it's getting incorrect results when 
> comparing different versions of tools. It thinks 1.7 is newer than 1.11 
> because it's doing string comparisons which causes it to run the wrong 
> versions of some of the tools. I can fix the version comparison but my 
> inclination is not to bother since autogen scripts have been replaced by 
> the autoreconf tool. As for testing the minimum required tool version; 
> is there an actual problem being solved by this?
> 

I forget the details but it dates back to the origins of the project, 
perhaps there was a problem with autoreconf back then.

The autotools often blow themselves up which may be the reason for 
requiring a minimum. I remember a problem in libtool where it didn't 
work on Solaris 64-bit in something like versions 1.5.10 - 1.5.20, was 
fixed in 1.5.21, then broke again in 1.5.22. Lots of fun.

So if you want to replace it or fix it plesae do.

rob