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diff --git a/autogen.sh b/autogen.sh
index 0e0fc0f866bb4cc23b83bc86f07fb7c3dba0e6a0..f616b792577af61f907d2fe4768b1bb4cc2a1e41 100755 (executable)
--- a/autogen.sh
+++ b/autogen.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,79 @@
 #! /bin/sh
-aclocal
-autoheader
-autoconf
-automake
-./configure $*
+# Run this to generate all the initial makefiles, etc.
+# This was lifted from the Gimp, and adapted slightly by
+# Christian Bauer.
+
+DIE=0
+
+PROG=GiNaC
+
+# Check how echo works in this /bin/sh
+case `echo -n` in
+-n) _echo_n=   _echo_c='\c';;
+*)  _echo_n=-n _echo_c=;;
+esac
+
+(autoconf --version) < /dev/null > /dev/null 2>&1 || {
+        echo
+        echo "You must have autoconf installed to compile $PROG."
+        echo "Download the appropriate package for your distribution,"
+        echo "or get the source tarball at ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/"
+        DIE=1
+}
+
+(libtoolize --version) < /dev/null > /dev/null 2>&1 || {
+        echo
+        echo "You must have libtool installed to compile $PROG."
+        echo "Get ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/libtool-1.4.tar.gz"
+        echo "(or a newer version if it is available)"
+        DIE=1
+}
+
+(automake --version) < /dev/null > /dev/null 2>&1 || {
+        echo
+        echo "You must have automake installed to compile $PROG."
+        echo "Get ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/automake-1.4.tar.gz"
+        echo "(or a newer version if it is available)"
+        DIE=1
+}
+
+(aclocal --version) < /dev/null > /dev/null 2>&1 || {
+       echo
+       echo "**Error**: Missing aclocal. The version of automake"
+       echo "installed doesn't appear recent enough."
+       echo "Get ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/automake-1.3.tar.gz"
+       echo "(or a newer version if it is available)"
+       DIE=1
+}
+
+if test "$DIE" -eq 1; then
+        exit 1
+fi
+
+aclocalinclude="$ACLOCAL_FLAGS"; \
+(echo $_echo_n " + Running aclocal: $_echo_c"; \
+    aclocal $aclocalinclude; \
+ echo "done.") && \
+(echo $_echo_n " + Running libtoolize: $_echo_c"; \
+    libtoolize --force --copy >/dev/null 2>&1; \
+ echo "done.") && \
+(echo $_echo_n " + Running autoheader: $_echo_c"; \
+    autoheader; \
+ echo "done.") && \
+(echo $_echo_n " + Running automake: $_echo_c"; \
+    automake --gnu --add-missing --copy; \
+ echo "done.") && \
+(echo $_echo_n " + Running autoconf: $_echo_c"; \
+    autoconf; \
+ echo "done.")
+
+rm -f config.cache
+
+if [ x"$NO_CONFIGURE" = "x" ]; then
+    echo " + Running 'configure $@':"
+    if [ -z "$*" ]; then
+       echo "   ** If you wish to pass arguments to ./configure, please"
+        echo "   ** specify them on the command line."
+    fi
+    ./configure "$@"
+fi