[FreeWRL] FreeWRL build system improvements

[Michel B. <mic...@fr...>]

Hello,

I've looked into the build system again.
Maybe some improvement are welcome.

= 1 = when FreeWRL is just checkout from CVS, one thing has to be done :
create configure.

Usually you can invoke autoreconf, but a smart script is here to help
you : autogen.sh.

This script needs attention and improvement.

I've noted that the font detection "algorithm" is not so good. So
improvements are welcome.

This script (autogen.sh) needs documentation.

Currently I'm using (in my build environment) autoconf 1.11, automake
2.63 and libtool 2.2.6. Please tell me if I need to upgrade.

Current Debian Lenny are older. But everything should be fine there
since configure will be generated by developers and not by
maintainer/builder. Please tell me if you see problems coming from this
topic.


= 2 = When you get sources from the official tarball or from the
Debian source package, configure is already created. All you have to do
is to call it with proper options.

Maybe a documentation of the options would be welcome for end users
wanting to build FreeWRL from sources. For us also to know better our
stuff ;).


= 3 = Font configuration

Some improvement has to be done both in code and in build system. Could
we use fontconfig for example ?

Cheers,
Michel