Re: Missing feature for distcheck rule

[Alexandre Duret-Lutz]

>>> "Philip" == Philip Willoughby <address@hidden> writes:

 Philip> I need to be able to pass some arguments to configure
 Philip> when it is run as part of make distcheck, but there
 Philip> does not seem to be any way to do this.

Since Automake 1.6 there is one.  Here is what the manual says:

Checking the distribution
=========================
   
   Automake also generates a `distcheck' target which can be of help to
ensure that a given distribution will actually work.  `distcheck' makes
a distribution, then tries to do a `VPATH' build, run the testsuite,
and finally make another tarfile to ensure the distribution is
self-contained.
   
   Building the package involves running `./configure'.  If you need to
supply additional flags to `configure', define them in the
`DISTCHECK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS' variable, either in your top-level
`Makefile.am', or on the commande line when invoking `make'.

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Alexandre Duret-Lutz