Hi Ralf, yes that's exactly what I am trying to do.
Since I'm using automake 1.7.7 then this is why it isn't including the
m4 directory.
I'll just use EXTRA_DIST for now then until I upgrade to a more recent
Automake.
Thanks,
John
Ralf Wildenhues wrote:
Hi John,
* John Ling wrote on Tue, Jun 21, 2005 at 08:22:52PM CEST:
It seems that the m4 directory is required if I am to distribute a
package that makes use of libtools along with automake. Is there a way
to include this directory during a 'make dist' without defining it in
EXTRA_DIST in my Makefile.am? I would have thought that automake would
be able to include this directory and the necessary files such as
codeset.m4 on its own.
I'm not sure I understand what you are doing: you have a package foo
which has some own m4 macro files in foo/m4/*.m4, and you use `aclocal
-I m4' to have them used for your configure. Is that correct?
If so, a recent Automake (>= 1.8 I believe) should include the m4 files
automatically in the distribution. For compatibility with older
Automaken, you might want to put them in EXTRA_DIST anyway.
Regards,
Ralf
