On Mon, 2004-03-08 at 15:23, Cook, Kelley (R.K.) wrote: > > Hi, > > > > [Info files being built in source dir] > > > > > FWIW, having a read only source directory is our goal. > > > > When the source dir is readonly, noone can change the texinfo > > files. If noone can change the texinfo files, there is no need > > to rebuild the info files, so it doesn't matter that they're in > > a readonly directory. > > This would work fine for distributions, but it does not apply when the goal > is to share a CVS directory which only contains the .texi files and NOT > .info files. > > A specific example is GCC, I (and others) spent a significant portion of > time implementing this oft requested feature of a read-only source tree. > Numerous OS distributors are running build farms from one directory to > dozens of different targets to check compatibility. > > Upgrading to automake 1.8.2 will break that new feature, unless there is an > kludge around it. According to the comments hiding in automake (in sub handle_texinfo_helper, ca. line 2780 in "automake" from 1.8.2) this should be possible by adding the *.info to CLEANFILES.
I know this had not worked with automake-1.8 < 1.8.2, and still doesn't always work (version.texi and stamp files interfere), but it at least seems to work occasionally. Ralf PS.: <rant> These delays on [EMAIL PROTECTED] render these list almost useless. </rant>
