Re: More CVS head errors

[Robert Collins]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Tromey" <address@hidden>
To: "Robert Collins" <address@hidden>
Cc: "Akim Demaille" <address@hidden>; <address@hidden>
Sent: Sunday, May 06, 2001 7:09 AM
Subject: Re: More CVS head errors


> >>>>> "Robert" == Robert Collins <address@hidden>
writes:
>
> Robert> I'm currently having to distribute two patches for automake to
> Robert> achieve the pass on make distcheck - the openbsd install-am
> Robert> target, and the workaround I put together for subobj5.test. If
> Robert> you guys have some idea of the timeframe for a formal fix to
> Robert> both of those I'd appreciate knowing it. (Not to keep you to
> Robert> it, but for planning purposes).
>
> I just checked in your fix for the first.
> I don't remember the subobj5 bug or fix.

You added a test case for it to make check.

The bug was that make dist attempts to copy the subdir_sources _before_
creating the directories. (It also doesn't attempt to create the
directories needed by the sources but thats different - I'm happy with
putting the dirs in DIST_SUBDIRS.)

Rob

> I'm sure it is still here in my automake mailbox somewhere.
>
> I'm afraid I'm the bottleneck right now, and I'm unpredictable :-(
>
> Tom
>