Re: Fix distcheck for Autoconf

[Benoit Sigoure]

On Nov 6, 2007, at 5:20 AM, Ralf Wildenhues wrote:

> Hello Benoit,
>
> * Benoit Sigoure wrote on Tue, Nov 06, 2007 at 01:05:08AM CET:
> > On Nov 5, 2007, at 9:41 PM, Ralf Wildenhues wrote:
> > > 2007-11-05  Ralf Wildenhues  <address@hidden>
> > >
> > >         Fix distcheck for Autoconf.
> > >         * tests/Makefile.am ($(srcdir)/package.m4): Only update
> > >         if contents have changed.
> >
> > May I ask why this isn't an AC_CONFIG_FILES?  (which is what I did
> > for my set of Boost macros and works fine as long as you get the
> > dependencies right, which was a mistake I posted some days ago)
>
> AC_CONFIG_FILES should not live in the source tree and should not be
> packaged.
>
> Our manual even states:
> | Be sure to distribute @file{package.m4} and to put it into the  
> source
> | hierarchy: the test suite ought to be shipped!

What's wrong with having package.m4.in in your source tree and in  
AC_CONFIG_FILES and letting configure (well, actually config.status)  
generate package.m4?

--
Benoit Sigoure aka Tsuna
EPITA Research and Development Laboratory

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