[Pm-utils] automake

[David Zeuthen]

Hi,

(adding hal list to the Cc)

On Sun, 2006-05-21 at 23:39 +0100, Richard Hughes wrote:
> "make create-archive" still doesn't work for me - it pulls an old CVS
> version.
> 
> How about we convert pm-utils to use automake and configure (like most
> other OSS projects) so we get stuff like "make dist-check" for free.
> 
> This also makes it easy for other distros to modify install locations.
> 
> Comments?

I say go for autotooling the project. 

I'd also like to see FreeBSD and Solaris support in pm-utils so we can
keep the hal bits nice and simple. I'm pretty sure they will need all
the same workarounds at least on x86 hardware (since they use X.org too)
and the synergy from doing this will most probably benefit Linux distros
too. If anything, it will get people together and help figure out what
are driver bugs and what's not.

Artem, Joe, pjones: What do you think about this?

    David