Re: make dist fails for EXTRA_DIST elements

[Peter Johansson]

Hi Andy,

On 03/10/2015 08:23 AM, Andy Falanga (afalanga) wrote:
> I try taking out the *.cpp file and try again with the same error but with the *.h.  If I 
> take out the *.h file, all is well again and "make dist" is happy and fine.  
> Why is it picky with files ending with *.cpp and *.h if these things are extra to the 
> distribution and have nothing to do with the build anyway?

You tell Automake that files 'path/to/WindowsSource.cpp' and 
'path/to/WindowsSource.h' should be included in the dist tarball. When 
make can't find the files and no rules to create the files, it aborts. 
That is as expected.

Cheers,
Peter