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Re: 'make dist' and m4 directory


From: Ralf Corsepius
Subject: Re: 'make dist' and m4 directory
Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2005 05:01:57 +0200

On Thu, 2005-06-23 at 15:44 -0400, Jeffrey Sheinberg wrote:
> John Ling writes:
>  > 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.
>  > 
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I needed to use use EXTRA_DIST in a similar situation with
> Automake version 1.9.3, in order for make distcheck to work.
>
> In my case, the m4 directory was empty, so as the following
> comments describe it, I consider this to be a bug in Automake.

I think you are missing something. automake-1.9.x will distribute all
the m4-files being used by a configure script, it will not distribute
"all files below m4/"

So, if you're not using the *.m4's inside of your m4/ directory,
automake will not distribute anything.

Ralf






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