----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Tromey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Robert Collins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: "Akim Demaille" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, May 06, 2001 7:09 AM
Subject: Re: More CVS head errors
> >>>>> "Robert" == Robert Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
writes:
>
> Robert> I'm currently having to distribute two patches for automake to
> Robert> achieve the pass on make distcheck - the openbsd install-am
> Robert> target, and the workaround I put together for subobj5.test. If
> Robert> you guys have some idea of the timeframe for a formal fix to
> Robert> both of those I'd appreciate knowing it. (Not to keep you to
> Robert> it, but for planning purposes).
>
> I just checked in your fix for the first.
> I don't remember the subobj5 bug or fix.
You added a test case for it to make check.
The bug was that make dist attempts to copy the subdir_sources _before_
creating the directories. (It also doesn't attempt to create the
directories needed by the sources but thats different - I'm happy with
putting the dirs in DIST_SUBDIRS.)
Rob
> I'm sure it is still here in my automake mailbox somewhere.
>
> I'm afraid I'm the bottleneck right now, and I'm unpredictable :-(
>
> Tom
>
