Hello Paul, * Paul D. Smith wrote on Tue, Nov 14, 2006 at 11:30:12PM CET: > The rule for building .info files from .texi files looks incorrect to me: > > .texinfo.info: > restore=: && backupdir="$(am__leading_dot)am$$$$" && \ > am__cwd=`pwd` && cd $(srcdir) && \ > rm -rf $$backupdir && mkdir $$backupdir && \ > [...] > > It seems to me that cd'ing into $(srcdir) and mucking around in there > is inappropriate: what if the source tree is on some read-only media, > or we don't have write privs to it, or whatever?
Then presumably the .info file which was also shipped on the media is up to date, no? If not: even if the backupdir is put in the build tree, storing the possibly-updated .info file in the source tree will fail later. Quoting Automake 1.8 NEWS: | - Update .info files in the source tree, not in the build tree. This | is what the GNU Coding Standard recommend. Only Automake 1.7.x | used to update these files in the build tree (previous versions did | it in the source tree too), and it caused several problems, varying | from mere annoyance to portability issues. Cheers, Ralf
