Re: Re: Gripe: working on configure now requires Automake installed locally

Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net> writes:
>> ... but, shouldn't automake be a requirement on a developers machine if,
>> and only if, they modify either the Makefile.am files *or*
>> configure.in?  Like, it should only be a requirement for a select few of
>> the developers?

> The problem was that I was using the aclocal program, which comes with
> automake and Tom didn't want to install that.

Just to be perfectly clear: I don't have a problem with installing
automake if we come to an agreement that we need to require it as
a build tool.  I do have a problem with requirements creep happening
without discussion/consensus.  For now, I'd like to see if we can
avoid needing automake...

			regards, tom lane