Hello,
On 2015-11-12, Will Estes <westes...@gmail.com> wrote:
> The flex program includes a test suite to enable testing of the version of
> flex built in the flex tree. From a distributed tar ball (made with "make
> dist"), it is possible to build flex without needing to have flex already
> installed because automake includes the intermediate files in the
> distribution.
>
> However, the test suite should not include the intermediate .c (and c++)
> files because the point of the test suite is to test the flex binary built
> in the tree, so that binary should build the intermediate .c (and c++)
> files.
>
> How do I do this? I've been playing with it and have not been able to come
> up with a solution. At most, I'm able to not include some generated header
> files, which then really confuses the test suite in the generated tar ball.
>
> What other information / examples can I provide to make this clear?
If you can provide a (short!) example Makefile.am, members of this list
may be able to suggest specific changes.
The Automake manual has a chapter on how the distribution is built[1].
A possible solution (not sure if it will work for you, you may have to
experiment a bit):
- Prevent Automake from distributing any of the testsuite-related
flex source files (should be achievable using nodist_).
- Manually include only the files you actually want, e.g., by using
EXTRA_DIST.
Using a dist-hook may be helpful if EXTRA_DIST is not expressive enough.
[1] https://gnu.org/software/automake/manual/automake.html#Dist
Cheers,
Nick
