Using doxygen macros with autoconf

Question

I'm trying to use doxygen to document my project's source code, and I'm using autotools for the build system. I've downloaded the ax_prog_doxygen.m4 macro from the autoconf-archive repository, made the changes to aminclude.am and made sure to call DX_INIT_DOXYGEN and the rest in configure.ac.

All commands to generate the configure scripts and makefiles work correctly, but I can't actually make the project anymore, failing with this error:

Makefile:833: *** missing separator.  Stop

Full code is at https://gist.github.com/3690227

I ended up ditching autoconf for my project and going with CMake, which luckily supports doxygen also. — Adam M-W, Sep 27 '12 at 01:34

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 10 '12 at 15:40

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This often happens when you copy/download macros from a different OS. Check the format of the files (unix/windows) and also use a consistent indentation policy (either tabs or spaces), especially on the Makefiles.

Good luck!

answered Sep 10 '12 at 15:40

Santiago Lizardo

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I just checked, all are Unix line endings, with space indentation. – Adam M-W Sep 11 '12 at 07:48
But! In makefiles, sometimes tabs are required. In a list of commands after a rule, each one must be indented with a tab. – ptomato Sep 11 '12 at 18:45

Using doxygen macros with autoconf

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