Ralf Corsepius writes: > On Thu, 2005-06-23 at 15:44 -0400, Jeffrey Sheinberg wrote: > > John Ling writes: > > > 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. > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > I needed to use use EXTRA_DIST in a similar situation with > > Automake version 1.9.3, in order for make distcheck to work. > > > > In my case, the m4 directory was empty, so as the following > > comments describe it, I consider this to be a bug in Automake. > > I think you are missing something. automake-1.9.x will distribute all > the m4-files being used by a configure script, it will not distribute > "all files below m4/" > > So, if you're not using the *.m4's inside of your m4/ directory, > automake will not distribute anything.
Since there are no *.m4 files in the m4/ directory, of course automake cannot distribute them, but in order for make distclean to work, the m4/ directory needs to be included in the dist tarball. As I pointed out, automake cetainly has enough information to automatically include the m4/ directory in the dist tarball, but it does not do this - the workaround being EXTRA_DIST. $ grep m4 configure.ac Makefile.am configure.ac:AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([m4]) Makefile.am:ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I m4 Makefile.am:# Workaround a bug in automake - inclusion of the "m4" directory should Makefile.am:# be triggered by the presence of either, "AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([m4])" in Makefile.am:# "configure.ac", or "ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I m4" in "Makefile.am". Makefile.am:EXTRA_DIST += m4 -- Jeffrey Sheinberg
