Re: factoring out some common code in bin/Makefile.am

[Paul Eggert]

Alexandre Duret-Lutz <address@hidden> writes:

> Ouch!  This and the `$(bin_SCRIPTS): Makefile' rule assume 
> autoconf.in is in $(srcdir), but the `autoconf.in:' rule and
> the MOSTLYCLEANFILES definition think it's in builddir.

Thanks for catching that.  I fixed it this way:

Index: bin/Makefile.am
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/autoconf/autoconf/bin/Makefile.am,v
retrieving revision 1.20
diff -p -u -r1.20 Makefile.am
--- bin/Makefile.am     10 Dec 2004 23:56:45 -0000      1.20
+++ bin/Makefile.am     11 Dec 2004 01:23:53 -0000
@@ -59,14 +59,13 @@ autoconf.in: $(srcdir)/autoconf.as $(m4s
 ## when the prefix etc. changes.  It took quite a while to have these
 ## rules correct, don't break them!
 ## Use chmod -w to prevent people from editing the wrong file by accident.
-$(bin_SCRIPTS): Makefile
+autoheader autom4te autoreconf autoscan autoupdate ifnames: Makefile
        rm -f $@ address@hidden
        $(edit) $(srcdir)/address@hidden >address@hidden
        chmod +x address@hidden
        chmod a-w address@hidden
        mv address@hidden $@
 
-autoconf: $(srcdir)/autoconf.in
 autoheader: $(srcdir)/autoheader.in
 autom4te: $(srcdir)/autom4te.in
 autoreconf: $(srcdir)/autoreconf.in
@@ -74,6 +73,14 @@ autoscan: $(srcdir)/autoscan.in
 autoupdate: $(srcdir)/autoupdate.in
 ifnames: $(srcdir)/ifnames.in
 
+# autoconf.in is in ., not in $(srcdir).
+autoconf: autoconf.in Makefile
+       rm -f $@ address@hidden
+       $(edit) address@hidden >address@hidden
+       chmod +x address@hidden
+       chmod a-w address@hidden
+       mv address@hidden $@
+
 
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