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diff --git a/lib/spack/docs/build_systems/autotoolspackage.rst b/lib/spack/docs/build_systems/autotoolspackage.rst index 558c56da0f..0cb87a58eb 100644 --- a/lib/spack/docs/build_systems/autotoolspackage.rst +++ b/lib/spack/docs/build_systems/autotoolspackage.rst @@ -112,20 +112,44 @@ phase runs: .. code-block:: console - $ libtoolize - $ aclocal - $ autoreconf --install --verbose --force + $ autoreconf --install --verbose --force -I <aclocal-prefix>/share/aclocal + +In case you need to add more arguments, override ``autoreconf_extra_args`` +in your ``package.py`` on class scope like this: + +.. code-block:: python + + autoreconf_extra_args = ["-Im4"] All you need to do is add a few Autotools dependencies to the package. Most stable releases will come with a ``configure`` script, but if you -check out a commit from the ``develop`` branch, you would want to add: +check out a commit from the ``master`` branch, you would want to add: .. code-block:: python - depends_on('autoconf', type='build', when='@develop') - depends_on('automake', type='build', when='@develop') - depends_on('libtool', type='build', when='@develop') - depends_on('m4', type='build', when='@develop') + depends_on('autoconf', type='build', when='@master') + depends_on('automake', type='build', when='@master') + depends_on('libtool', type='build', when='@master') + +It is typically redundant to list the ``m4`` macro processor package as a +dependency, since ``autoconf`` already depends on it. + +""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" +Using a custom autoreconf phase +""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" + +In some cases, it might be needed to replace the default implementation +of the autoreconf phase with one running a script interpreter. In this +example, the ``bash`` shell is used to run the ``autogen.sh`` script. + +.. code-block:: python + + def autoreconf(self, spec, prefix): + which('bash')('autogen.sh') + +""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" +patching configure or Makefile.in files +""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" In some cases, developers might need to distribute a patch that modifies one of the files used to generate ``configure`` or ``Makefile.in``. |