[bt-devel] Documentation - Installation

[Martin Gruner]

> I know nothing about how make / auto make works.  I presume that the
> make files are regerated every time configure runs.  What generates the
> files that make is tripping up on?

I don't really know a lot either.
The admin/ directory contains a whole bunch of automake/autoconf related 
files which are specialized for KDE.
Now make -f Makefile.cvs creates all the Makefile.in's (from the 
Makefile.am's) and configure. That would be the automake part. Then running 
configure will use your Makefile.in's (contain a lot of placeholders) and 
insert your system specific values. E.g. KDEDIR=/usr.

> I could try updating automake, autoconf and make from the mandrake
> cooker, that would get me to automake 1.4, and autoconf 2.5 (if they
> work).  Do you think I should try this?

Since some users might be using your versions it would be most nice to find 
out why it doesn't work. Even in the packages you still have to run 
configure, which might not work.
What puzzles me is that the main bibletime module works for you, but the 
bibletime-doc won't. This is probably where you should take a look. The 
configure.in.in file is the most central place here. I modified it a bit for 
the new needs -- probably the solution is here. Maybe I commented out 
something the older automake/autoconf system needs?
Maybe you can look into this a little, and if you don't get it running you 
could probably seek help from other mandrake users/developers?

Hope this helps,

Martin