Re: Patch: RFA: new option

[Derek Robert Price]

Alexandre Duret-Lutz wrote:

> > > > "Derek" == Derek Robert Price <address@hidden> writes:
> > > >        
>
> [...]
>
> Derek> if a file is in EXTRA_DIST then any cleanup should be
> Derek> moved to the maintainer-clean target from whatever
> Derek> target it rests in.  I think this check could be done
> Derek> for all files found in EXTRA_DIST, not just docs?
>
> This is PR/313.
>
> [...]
>
> Derek> Can these two ideas be reconciled?
>
> Are they opposed?  One is about not cleaning files which are
> ordinarily cleaned, and the other about not distributing files
> which usually are.  That sounds complementary to me.

If both are implemented, I think they are complementary.  I was just 
trying to avoid having two ways to specify the same thing, but thinking 
that if EXTRA_DIST was required for *.info files too that would break 
backwards compatibility.  I suppose I should take a cue from Perl and 
just let it be.  :)

> Derek> Perhaps with dist_* targets and nodist_* targets?
>
> That would works for *.texi files but not for *.info files.
> info files do not appear in any variable.  Same issue with
> flex and bison output.

No, but they could be.  This could eliminate the problem with html and 
txt targets breaking recursive operation with homegrown makefiles that 
we were just discussing, unless the Makefile.am author wanted to deal 
with it.

For example, pdf_TEXINFOS could be required to build pdfs.  Same with 
html_TEXINFOS, txt_TEXINFOS, ps_TEXINFOS, info_TEXINFOS, etc.  
Prepending dist_ or nodist_ could change the default dist behavior and 
syntax like

   txt_TEXINFOS = $(info_TEXINFOS)

could be used to avoid respecifying files.

> (I once wrote a patch to support dist_, nodist_, and noinst_, but I
> don't remember why I never applied it entirely
> http://mail.gnu.org/archive/html/automake-patches/2002-06/msg00010.html)

Hrm.  Maybe because specifying all the *.info and maybe split HTML files 
(does that happen with makeinfo or only texi2html?) is a pain to 
maintain when the number of files generated might change depending on 
various factors?

> I am not a typits.
> I amnot a typist.
> i m not Typist.
>  

Heh.

Derek

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