On November 24, 2005, Ralf wrote: > > My original two cases were: > > > > 1. ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I ../../scripts/m4 > > which pointed outside your package and thus is a nono (do > not specify relative paths which point to something outside > of your package). > > > or > > > > 2. ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I `cd ../../scripts/m4 && pwd` > > Which is technically ok, but will include the contents in > aclocal.m4. > > > I don't know enough about automake/aclocal to know if a patch there to > > fix make dist for #1 is feasible. I'll give it a shot if folks think it > > makes sense. > > It can't be done safely, unless ../../scripts is part of > your package. And then it works already, AFAIK (untested).
Sorry it took so long to sink in. You're right. I can think of a way to teach automake/aclocal to copy the files into the dist tarball, but to make that work would mean "fixing" ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS to point to the new place, which would be tough and almost certainly unsafe. Copying the files myself is certainly better than this. So I'll either stick with what I've got, or use one of your earlier suggestions. Thanks much. -DB
