Re: [PATCH] build-sys: do not create symlinks for autotools

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On 28-02-2011 15:27:07 +0100, Karel Zak wrote:
> On Sun, Feb 27, 2011 at 09:00:45PM +0100, Fabian Groffen wrote:
> > Create copies instead of symlinks for files needed by libtoolize and
> > automake, since the target system may not have the files installed in
> 
>  Please, define "target system" ... because properly generated (for
>  example I use "make distcheck") tarball always includes regular
>  files. The symlinks are used for the local copy only.

You're right.
I develop using a single source tree over NFS between four machines so I
can test changes quickly.  Using symlinks makes it impossible there to
use the other three system, since they all have autotools installed in
different locations.  This was just a simple convenience fix I have
applied locally, that is no big deal.


-- 
Fabian Groffen
Gentoo on a different level
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