Ralf Wildenhues writes:
> * Jeff Sheinberg wrote on Tue, Sep 14, 2004 at 01:15:48AM CEST:
> > Yes, your explanation is correct. I added "EXTRA_DIST = m4", and
> > it now works like a charm.
>
> Hmm. Do you need these m4 files? If they are necessary only for
> /using/ your installed package (as opposed to building it), then putting
> them in dist_aclocal_DATA should be sufficient, no EXTRA_DIST mention
> needed.
>
> Obviously you don't need them for building your package (any more),
> right? No need to ship them then, unless you want to allow other users
> to be able to use older Automake versions with your package.
The original problem was that the dist-tarball failed ./configure
because automake was not including the m4 directory in the
dist-tarball.
Here are the relevant lines that triggered the problem,
configure.ac: AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([m4])
Makefile.am: ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I m4
and here is how I solved the problem, thanks to your suggestion,
Makefile.am: EXTRA_DIST += m4
Isn't the function of EXTRA_DIST to force files to be included in
the dist-tarball that otherwise would not have been included?
Since this seems to be an automake issue, please let's take this
thread off the autoconf list.
Thanks,
--
Jeff Sheinberg
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