bootstrap.sh

# bootstrap - script to bootstrap the distribution rolling engine

# usage:
#  $ sh ./bootstrap && ./configure && make dist[check]
#
# this yields a tarball which one can install doing
#
#  $ tar zxf PACKAGENAME-*.tar.gz
#  $ cd PACKAGENAME-*
#  $ ./configure
#  $ make
#  # make install

# requirements:
#  GNU autoconf, from e.g. ftp.gnu.org:/pub/gnu/autoconf/
#  GNU automake, from e.g. http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/automake/

automake=automake
aclocal=aclocal

if $automake --version|head -1 |grep ' 1\.[4-9]'; then
    echo "automake 1.4-1.9 is active. You should use automake 1.10 or later"
    if test -f /etc/debian_version; then
        echo " sudo apt-get install automake"
        echo " sudo update-alternatives --config automake"
    fi
    exit 1
fi

# autoconf-archive Debian package, aclocal-archive RPM, obsolete/badly supported OS, installed in home dir
acdirs="/usr/share/autoconf-archive/ /usr/share/aclocal/ /usr/local/share/aclocal/ $HOME/local/share/autoconf-archive/"

found=false
for d in $acdirs
do
    if test -f ${d}libtool.m4
    then
        found=true
        break
    fi
done

if ! $found
then
    cat <<EOT
You need the autoconf-archive Debian package, or the aclocal-archive
RPM package.  Alternatively, you could install the GNU Autoconf Macro
Archive's http://autoconf-archive.cryp.to/ac_path_lib.html
as `pwd`/acinclude.m4.
EOT
fi


# Debian automake package installs as automake-version.  Use this
# to make sure the right automake is being used.
# if not installed, use: apt-get install automake1.9

AUTOMAKE=automake ACLOCAL=aclocal autoreconf --install \
      --symlink

# add --make if you want to run "make" too.

# autoreconf should run something like:
#
# aclocal-1.9 \
#     && automake-1.9 --add-missing --verbose --gnu \
#     && autoconf