Daniel Veillard <veillard@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 07:27:00PM +0200, Jim Meyering wrote: >> "make distcheck" was failing. This fixes it: >> >> avoid "make distcheck" failure >> * docs/Makefile.am (EXTRA_DIST): Replace wildcards html/*.html >> and html/*.png the corresponding lists of file names. > > Hum, that's still changing a bit. All the more reason *not* to use wildcards. > For example we are likely to include the > HTML for the ocaml and ruby bindings as part of the distribution, and parts > of the graphic design, including images are gonna change. > Anyway I'm still wondering why using wildcards would break in principle, > any good reason to not use them ? If fixing a failing "make distcheck" isn't a good enough reason, take a look at the automake manual's section: 27.3 Why doesn't Automake support wildcards? it gives several good reasons. By the way, I made similar changes back in November. -- Libvir-list mailing list Libvir-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/libvir-list