Re: automake and java

[Tom Tromey <tromey@cygnus.com>]

Sorry for the delay on this reply...

>>>>> "Walter" == Walter Truitt <Walter.Truitt@usa.alcatel.com> writes:

Walter> First, I guess I would be interested in updating the
Walter> documentation for the automake because it was difficult to get
Walter> automake to work with java.

Yeah, this is a real problem.  It's on the to-do list for 1.5, but I'm
skeptical about it getting done... sigh.

Walter> What I am interested in now though would be some help with
Walter> getting something set up to allow the user to specify a
Walter> classpath when running configure that would update the
Walter> makefiles rather than having it use the environment variable.

You can override CLASSPATH_ENV in your Makefile.am to do whatever you
like.

Walter> Also, if someone would give me a hint on having configure
Walter> search for java to prevent the need for the person to have it
Walter> in their path before running.

The "standard" is to force the user to have the correct path to find
the tools they want to use.

Tom