Re: Incorrect directory creation with 'make dist' and EXTRA_DIST

[Stepan Kasal]

Hello,

On Wed, Jan 04, 2006 at 06:12:11PM +0100, Sander Niemeijer wrote:
> distdir: $(DISTFILES)
>         $(am__remove_distdir)
>         mkdir $(distdir)
> --->    $(mkdir_p) $(distdir)/$(top_srcdir)/data

The problem is caused by the following line in Makefile.am:

        EXTRA_DIST = $(top_srcdir)/data/foo.txt

There are two possible answers:

1)  The patch attached to this mail fixes it.

2)  Please use
        EXTRA_DIST = data/foo.txt
Automake finds the fine in the src tree.

If you are using this in a Makefile.am, then use
        EXTRA_DIST = ../../data/foo.txt
or
        EXTRA_DIST = $(top_builddir)/data/foo.txt
It is a bit counter-intuitive: top_builddir always expands to
a relative path, so the above mkdir works.

Have a nice day,
        Stepan Kasal

automake-20060104-dist-srcdir.patch
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