Hello Harlan,
here is an explanation of your problem: sntp/libopts is a subdir
of both of the packages: ntp-4.0.2b and ntp-4.0.2b/sntp.
So if you run automake in both of these projects, both runs will
generate sntp/libopts/Makefile.in.
Well, this is consitent with the fact that both ./configure and
sntp/configure will generate sntp/libopts/Makefile.
To fix this, it's enough to delete (comment out) the line
AC_CONFIG_FILES(AO_Libopts_Dir/Makefile)
from m4/libopts.m4 (but not from sntp/m4/libopts.m4 !).
(Automake processes as config files which have a corresponding .am file.)
But sntp/libopts is still listed in DIST_SUBDIRS in the root Makefile.
I don't think this is healthy, so I'd delete it.
Actually, I think it's better if define DIST_SUBDIRS implicitly, like
this:
if WITH_ARLIB
SUBDIR_arlib = sntp
endif
if WITH_SNTP
SUBDIR_sntp = sntp
edif
if NEED_LIBOPTS
## We have to omit this from DIST_SUBDIRS, it is handled by the
## sntp package.
## HACK: this is achieved by using an AC_SUBSTed variable, which is
## not known statically.
SUBDIR_libopts = $(LIBOPTS_DIR)
edif
SUBDIRS = \
$(SUBDIR_libopts) \
scripts \
include \
ElectricFence \
$(SUBDIR_arlib) \
libntp \
libparse \
ntpd \
ntpdate \
ntpdc \
ntpq \
parseutil \
adjtimed \
clockstuff \
kernel \
$(SUBDIR_sntp) \
util
BTW:
I have noticed that libopts/Makefile.am contains
MAINTAINERCLEANFILES = Makefile.in
I think this is unfortunate: according to the Coding Standards,
you should still be able to run ./configure after running
"make maintainer-clean".
I understand that there is a need for a target which would bring
the tree back to the state when it was checked from the CVS, but that
should have a different name, eg. "make mrproper" or "bootstrap --clean".
Or you can try to change the GCS that the current definition of
maintainer-clean should be changed. Such a change would be nice, but
might be actually a lot of work.
Have a nice day,
Stepan Kasal
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