automake 1.15 gives warnings and exits with non-zero values if you .in and are using deprecated macro usage

[derekschrock]

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[derekschrock]

For reference:

$ automake -a
automake-1.15: warning: autoconf input should be named 'configure.ac', not 'configure.in'
configure.in:2: warning: AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE: two- and three-arguments forms are deprecated.  For more info, see:
configure.in:2: http://www.gnu.org/software/automake/manual/automake.html#Modernize-AM_005fINIT_005fAUTOMAKE-invocation
configure.in:2: error: version mismatch.  This is Automake 1.15,
configure.in:2: but the definition used by this AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE
configure.in:2: comes from Automake 1.11.6.  You should recreate
configure.in:2: aclocal.m4 with aclocal and run automake again.
configure.in:2: warning: The 'AM_PROG_MKDIR_P' macro is deprecated, and its use is discouraged.
configure.in:2: You should use the Autoconf-provided 'AC_PROG_MKDIR_P' macro instead,
configure.in:2: and use '$(MKDIR_P)' instead of '$(mkdir_p)'in your Makefile.am files.
Makefile.am: installing './depcomp'
automake-1.15: warning: autoconf input should be named 'configure.ac', not 'configure.in'

$ aclocal
aclocal-1.15: warning: autoconf input should be named 'configure.ac', not 'configure.in'

[keithbowes]

Someone really needs to convert this to Meson or even Cmake. Using autotools in the current year is strange, especially for a project this small that could be converted in minutes.

[aspiers]

Curious why you consider it strange? I don't have a strong opinion, but AFAIK many projects still use autotools.

But if it can be converted in minutes then perhaps you could submit a PR?