Re: 'make dist' and m4 directory

[John Ling]

Hi Ralf, yes that's exactly what I am trying to do.

Since I'm using automake 1.7.7 then this is why it isn't including the 
m4 directory.

I'll just use EXTRA_DIST for now then until I upgrade to a more recent 
Automake.

Thanks,

John

Ralf Wildenhues wrote:
> Hi John,
>
> * John Ling wrote on Tue, Jun 21, 2005 at 08:22:52PM CEST:
>
> > It seems that the m4 directory is required if I am to distribute a 
> > package that makes use of libtools along with automake.  Is there a way 
> > to include this directory during a 'make dist' without defining it in 
> > EXTRA_DIST in my Makefile.am?  I would have thought that automake would 
> > be able to include this directory and the necessary files such as 
> > codeset.m4 on its own.
>
>
> I'm not sure I understand what you are doing: you have a package foo
> which has some own m4 macro files in foo/m4/*.m4, and you use `aclocal
> -I m4' to have them used for your configure.  Is that correct?
> If so, a recent Automake (>= 1.8 I believe) should include the m4 files
> automatically in the distribution.  For compatibility with older
> Automaken, you might want to put them in EXTRA_DIST anyway.
>
> Regards,
> Ralf