(forw) Re: [Uml-devel] [Bug 60139] New: Missing INSTALL file in CVS

[Jonathan Riddell]

On Thu, Jul 03, 2003 at 10:59:42PM -0500, Stephen Torri wrote:

> > Seb: I'm yet to meet anyone who is an automake guru, although I'm sure
> > they must exist.
> > 
> > I've applied the patch but maybe Amilcar can explain better what the 
> >   xdg_appsdir = $(kde_mimedir)/application
> > line does.
> 
> This is the directory where the umbrello.desktop is installed. In my
> case its /usr/share/application.
> 
> On a side note the "autogeneration" of the Makefile.am is rather ugly.
> I don't see why they just do not let the developer produce the
> Makefile.am files. 

I don't quite follow, surely the Makefile.am has to be there for it to
be able to compile.  How can a developer produce the Makefile.am?

Jonathan Riddell