Sam Steingold wrote: > > > * In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > * On the subject of "Re: cache directory is not removed" > > * Sent on 07 Jun 2002 17:06:04 +0200 > > * Honorable Akim Demaille <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > >>>>> "Sam" == Sam Steingold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > Sam> nope. when I distribute CLISP, I cannot assume that my users > > Sam> have autoconf, so I distribute the generated configure scripts > > Sam> too. i.e., the configure scripts are in the source tree and are > > Sam> regenerated just before a release. thus, if I use autoconf 2.53, > > Sam> I have to remove the cache directories by hand before a release, > > Sam> so that they do not end up in the distribution file. > > > > But how do you write you dist target? How come it ends in the > > tarball!?! > > pretty much `tar cz dist.tgz src/` > (with some bells and whistles). > now I will need to exclude the cache directory name, which includes > the autoconf version number, i.e., I will have to change my `make dist` > after every autoconf release. >
So your real problem is where the cache directory is created. If it weren't created in the source directory then your problem would be solved. Earnie.
