Some build systems clean up. Now require automake 1.7

Automake 1.5 and 1.6 both suck, and 1.7 is almost four years old, so there is really no excuse for not using a decent version. Besides, there seems to some problems while building the loader with old Automake versions.

Makefile.am

@@ -47,10 +47,6 @@ endif
 # Tell aclocal to use -I m4. Wonder if it really works.
 ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I m4
 
-# XXX: these flags could be set in configure.ac, but we set them here
-# because old versions of automake don't support them in configure.ac.
-AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = dist-bzip2
-
 ###############################################################################
 # MacOS X project
 ###############################################################################

bootstrap

@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ fi
 
 # Check for automake
 amvers="no"
-for v in "-1.9" "19" "-1.8" "18" "-1.7" "17" "-1.6" "16" "-1.5" "15"; do
+for v in "-1.9" "19" "-1.8" "18" "-1.7" "17"; do
   if automake${v} --version >/dev/null 2>&1; then
     amsuff="${v}"
     amvers="${v}"
@@ -66,15 +66,9 @@ if test "${amvers}" = "no" && automake --version > /dev/null 2>&1; then
 fi
 
 case "${amvers}" in
-  -1.6|16|1.6|1.6.0*|1.6.1*)
-    AUTOMAKESUCKS=yes
-    ;;
-  -1.5|15|1.5|1.5.*)
-    INSTALLSUCKS=yes
-    ;;
-  no|1.[01234]|1.[01234].*|1[01234])
+  no|1.[0123456]|1.[0123456].*|1[0123456])
     set +x
-    echo "$0: you need automake version 1.5 or later"
+    echo "$0: you need automake version 1.7 or later"
     exit 1
     ;;
 esac
@@ -467,7 +461,7 @@ ${autopoint} -f
 ${aclocal} ${ACLOCAL_ARGS}
 ${autoconf}
 ${autoheader}
-${automake} --add-missing --copy
+${automake} --add-missing --copy -Wall
 
 ##
 ##  files which need to be regenerated
@@ -503,25 +497,3 @@ reliable.
 EOF
 fi
 
-if [ "$AUTOMAKESUCKS" = "yes" ]; then
-  cat << EOF
-
-=============================================================
-IMPORTANT NOTE: your version of automake has a bug which will
-prevent proper plugin compilation. Either compile VLC with
-the --disable-plugins flag, or use a version of automake newer
-than 1.6.1 (1.6.2 is OK, and so are the 1.5 series).
-EOF
-fi
-
-if [ "$INSTALLSUCKS" = "yes" ]; then
-  cat << EOF
-
-=============================================================
-IMPORTANT NOTE: your version of automake has a bug which will
-prevent proper installation. Do not use "make install" with this
-version of automake, or use a version of automake newer than 1.5
-(such as 1.6 or 1.7).
-EOF
-fi
-

configure.ac

@@ -14,9 +14,7 @@ AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR(src/libvlc.c)
 AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR(autotools)
 AC_CANONICAL_SYSTEM
 
-dnl XXX: we don't put any flags here, because automake 1.5 doesn't support
-dnl them. And we need the comma otherwize automake will choke on it.
-AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(vlc,0.8.6-svn)
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([1.7 check-news dist-bzip2])
 AM_CONFIG_HEADER(config.h)
 
 dnl Too many people are not aware of maintainer mode:
@@ -310,7 +308,7 @@ AM_GNU_GETTEXT_VERSION(0.11.5)
 AM_GNU_GETTEXT
 if test "${nls_cv_force_use_gnu_gettext}" = "yes"; then
   AC_DEFINE(HAVE_INCLUDED_GETTEXT, 1, Define if we use the local libintl)
-  INCLUDES="${INCLUDES} -I\$(top_builddir)/intl"
+  AM_CPPFLAGS="${AM_CPPFLAGS} -I\$(top_builddir)/intl"
   AS_IF([test "${enable_libtool}" != "no"], [
     INCLUDED_LIBINTL="${LTLIBINTL}"
   ],[
@@ -5447,7 +5445,7 @@ AC_SUBST(MOZILLA_SDK_PATH)
 AC_SUBST(XPIDL)
 AC_SUBST(XPIDL_INCL)
 AC_SUBST(LIBEXT)
-AC_SUBST(INCLUDES)
+AC_SUBST(AM_CPPFLAGS)
 AC_SUBST(ALL_LINGUAS)
 AC_SUBST(MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET)
 AC_SUBST(FILE_LIBVLC_DLL)

modules/gui/qt4/Modules.am

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = subdir-objects
 
 TOUI = ui/input_stats
-UIH := $(TOUI:%=%.h)
+UIH = $(TOUI:%=%.h)
 
 TOMOC = main_interface \
 	dialogs_provider \
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ TOMOC = main_interface \
 	components/preferences_widgets \
 	components/preferences \
 	util/input_slider
-MOCCPP := $(TOMOC:%=%.moc.cpp)
+MOCCPP = $(TOMOC:%=%.moc.cpp)
 
 nodist_SOURCES_qt4 = \
 		main_interface.moc.cpp \