Require automake >= 1.9 (see telepathy-glib for rationale)

1 files changed, 13 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/autogen.sh b/autogen.sh
index a3a9b5e..822ebf8 100755
--- a/autogen.sh
+++ b/autogen.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,19 @@ set -e
 
 gtkdocize --copy
 
-autoreconf -i
+if test -n "$AUTOMAKE"; then
+    : # don't override an explicit user request
+elif automake-1.9 --version >/dev/null 2>/dev/null && \
+     aclocal-1.9 --version >/dev/null 2>/dev/null; then
+    # If we have automake-1.9, use it. This helps to ensure that our build
+    # system doesn't accidentally grow automake-1.10 dependencies.
+    AUTOMAKE=automake-1.9
+    export AUTOMAKE
+    ACLOCAL=aclocal-1.9
+    export ACLOCAL
+fi
+
+autoreconf -i -f
 
 run_configure=true
 for arg in $*; do