Hello, I'm using automake 1.11.6 (from debian 7 stable).
I have a script in my project, which creates the ChangeLog from the git log (it's the script from gnulib). Since the script is meant only for `make dist`, it's neither distributed nor installed. I didn't put it in any variable, not even nodist_noinst_SCRIPTS. Everything seemed to work, including `make dist`. Now I tried `make distcheck` for the first time. It fails because it cannot find the script. When it copies the srcdir content into a new temporary place, it simply "forgets" to take the script, maybe because there are no targets for it at all. So the result is an error, file not found. I tried making the ChangeLog target depend on that script and/or define nodist_noinst_SCRIPTS, but then the result is another error: "all-am requires util/git2cl.pl, but there are no rules for building it". Of course I can add a fake rule for the script, which does nothing, but is that a good solution or a dirty workaround? Q: Why don't I just distribute the script? A: It's meant only for maintainers and requires the full git history, so it's useless in a tarball. What should I do? I do want my `make distcheck` to succeed, and this issue seems to be the only thing preventing that. Thanks! fr33domlover PGP key ID: 937A67EF
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