Hello Daniel, * Daniel Franke wrote on Sun, Nov 19, 2006 at 12:24:58AM CET: > Ralf wrote: > > 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.
> Any other suggestions to work around this, than (re-)writing the Makefile > rules myself? Yes. Describe the bug you're seeing. Why does the info file get rebuilt if you start from an up to date tarball in a read-only location? (If that's the bug you're seeing, that is.) Cheers, Ralf
