On Wed, 10 Dec 2003, Alexandre Duret-Lutz wrote: > >>> "Bob" == Bob Friesenhahn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Bob> I am working to get the package I support to support the 'distcheck' > Bob> target. The distcheck target fails with: > > Bob> ERROR: files left in build directory after distclean: > Bob> ./GraphicsMagick-1.1-20031209.tar.gz > > Bob> Unlike the many other problems that I have already had to solve, this > Bob> one looks like the result of an Automake bug. > > How can I reproduce this? > > Bob> Is it possible that Automake 1.7.9 does not remove its > Bob> distribution file via the 'distclean' target? > > distclean is not expected to clean tarballs, but distcheck will > do it at the right time.
It seems that Automake 1.7.9 does *not* always do it at the right time (therefore this problem), however, updating to Automake 1.8 clears up the problem. Yay! Thanks for the excellent work with preparing Automake 1.8. Bob ====================================== Bob Friesenhahn [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.simplesystems.org/users/bfriesen
