Created attachment 190060 [details] [review]
Update autotools confia a bit

Use new libtool syntax
Use aux directory to generated files

Ops, seems that gnome-doc is incompatible with AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR, I'll attach an updated patch

Created attachment 190061 [details] [review]
Generate xz tarballs by default

Created attachment 190071 [details] [review]
Update autotools confia a bit.v2

This should work

Review of attachment 190061 [details] [review]:

Do I miss anything?

# automake --version
automake (GNU automake) 1.11.1

# xz --version
xz (XZ Utils) 4.999.9beta
liblzma 4.999.9beta

# make dist
...
tardir=gtk-doc-1.17.1 && /bin/sh /home/ensonic/projects/gnome/gtk-doc/build-aux/missing --run tar chof - "$tardir" | GZIP=--best gzip -c >gtk-doc-1.17.1.tar.gz

# ls gtk-doc-1.17.1*
gtk-doc-1.17.1.tar.gz

(In reply to comment #5)
> Review of attachment 190061 [details] [review]:
> 
> Do I miss anything?

sorry. the patch 0002 was the first on in the list below and I was applying it and checking xz which is provided by 0001 which comes 2nd (due to the update). It works just fine.

> 
> # automake --version
> automake (GNU automake) 1.11.1
> 
> # xz --version
> xz (XZ Utils) 4.999.9beta
> liblzma 4.999.9beta
> 
> # make dist
> ...
> tardir=gtk-doc-1.17.1 && /bin/sh
> /home/ensonic/projects/gnome/gtk-doc/build-aux/missing --run tar chof -
> "$tardir" | GZIP=--best gzip -c >gtk-doc-1.17.1.tar.gz
> 
> # ls gtk-doc-1.17.1*
> gtk-doc-1.17.1.tar.gz