Hi Tyler, * Tyler MacDonald wrote on Thu, Apr 20, 2006 at 11:53:55PM CEST: > Tyler MacDonald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > noinst_DATA = `cat Net-BitTorrent-LibBTT/MANIFEST`
> dist-hook: > (sed -e "s,^,Net-BitTorrent-LibBTT/," -e "s,\s.*$$,," < \ > Net-BitTorrent-LibBTT/MANIFEST) | \ > cpio -pdum $(distdir) > > Is this portable (enough)? I'm thinking of turning it into a general > automake macro so you can just do something like: > > dist_MANIFESTS = foo/MANIFEST bar/MANIFEST Hmm. First, I think you can just drop the -e "s,\s.*$$,," part; it serves no useful purpose, and `\s' isn't portable AFAIK. Then, although SUSv3 specifies the cpio storage format, it doesn't specify the `cpio' tool, but only pax. Practically, you can't rely on that, though. I find neither of them in my MSYS installation, nor my Cygwin installation (although I bet they are part of Cygwin; I just guess they are not part of the basic install). How about going the other way and creating `MANIFEST' from the data you are collecting in Makefile.am? Just an idea, you know. Cheers, Ralf
