Alexandre Duret-Lutz wrote: > Bruce> cp: cannot create regular file \ > Bruce> `blocksort-1.4.2/libopts/.deps/save.Plo': Permission denied > > Simply don't distribute these files.
Distributing files marked read-only or in read-only directories really ought not cause a distribution failure. It is far simpler to just say, "distribute the contents of the libopts directory". The reason this is inconvenient is that from my client's point of view (blocksort developer's point of view), they don't want to know what goes into the libopts subdirectory. So, I'll construct a redistribution list file containing something like this (the contents of my "tear-off" library): > $ cat libopts/dist.list > LIBOPTS_REDIST = \ > libopts/COPYING.lgpl libopts/COPYING.mbsd libopts/Makefile.am \ > libopts/README libopts/autoopts.c libopts/autoopts.h \ > libopts/boolean.c libopts/compat libopts/dist.list \ > libopts/enumeration.c libopts/libopts.m4 libopts/numeric.c \ > libopts/options.h libopts/pgusage.c libopts/restore.c \ > libopts/save.c libopts/stack.c libopts/streqv.h \ > libopts/streqvcmp.c libopts/usage.c libopts/version.c 'course, that has a drawback, too: > $ make distcheck > [[...]] > configure: creating ./config.status > config.status: creating libopts/Makefile > config.status: error: cannot find input file: libopts/Makefile.in > make: *** [distcheck] Error 1 So, "libopts/Makefile.in" got created when blocksort got bootstrapped, but wasn't distributed. I've added "libopts/Makefile.in" to this list manually on the assumption that the redistributor will create this file. If the bootstrap process creates any other files, the bootstrap-per will have to know to add them to the list. It seems to work now. Thanks, Alexandre. This is a really gnarly little twisty hassle, but I think I've simplified the issue as much as I know how. Here's the README for how to incorporate a tear-off library into a client distribution: http://autogen.sf.net/blocksort.html#REDISTRIBUTE I hope it makes sense. Feedback appreciated. One person tried and failed with the previous version. :-( Cheers - Bruce
