Re: [Plib-users] The examples

[Sebastian U. <ud...@ha...>]

On Tue, 10 Sep 2002, sjb...@ai... (Steve Baker) wrote:
> Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2002 20:39:01 -0500
> To: pli...@li...
> From: sjb...@ai... (Steve Baker)
> Reply-To: pli...@li...
> Subject: Re: [Plib-users] The examples

[...]

> So, I use 'make dist' to make the distribution tarball - and it *used* to
> work.  Something must have happened to 'Makefile.am's "extra-dist" entry.
>
> Ah - yes - checking the CVS records, I see that *SOMEONE* has removed the
> entry requiring those files.
>
> That happened between version 1.5 and 1.6 of examples/Makefile.am ...and
> that entry was committed by....
>
>      Revision 1.6, Wed May 8 21:24:24 2002 UTC (4 months ago) by ude
>
> Hmmmm - someone by the name of "ude" ??

Again - argh ! From the automake manual:


What Goes in a Distribution
***************************

[...]

   For the most part, the files to distribute are automatically found by
Automake: all source files are automatically included in a distribution, as
are all `Makefile.am's and `Makefile.in's.  Automake also has a built-in
list of commonly used files which, if present in the current directory, are
automatically included.  This list is printed by `automake --help'.  Also,
files which are read by `configure' (i.e. the source files corresponding to
the files specified in the `AC_OUTPUT' invocation) are automatically
distributed.


~$ automake --version
automake (GNU automake) 1.4-p2

Copyright (C) 1999, 2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

Written by Tom Tromey <tr...@cy...>
~$ automake --help
Usage: automake [OPTION] ... [Makefile]...

Generate Makefile.in for autoconf from Makefile.am

[...]

Files which are automatically distributed, if found:
  ABOUT-GNU           README              config.h.bot        ltcf-cxx.sh
  ABOUT-NLS           THANKS              config.h.top        ltcf-gcj.sh
  AUTHORS             TODO                config.sub          ltconfig
  BACKLOG             acconfig.h          configure           ltmain.sh
  COPYING             acinclude.m4        configure.in        mdate-sh
  COPYING.LIB         aclocal.m4          elisp-comp          missing
  ChangeLog           ansi2knr.1          install-sh          mkinstalldirs
  INSTALL             ansi2knr.c          libversion.in       stamp-h.in
  NEWS                config.guess        ltcf-c.sh           stamp-vti
  README              config.h.bot

Report bugs to <bug...@gn...>.


install-sh, mkinstalldirs, config.guess and config.sub are listed there.
What is going on ?


- Sebastian