Eric Blake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi Ralf, Jim,
>
> According to Jim Meyering on 3/4/2008 4:37 AM:
> |>> +      [AC_CONFIG_LINKS([GNUmakefile:GNUmakefile])])
> |> Until Automake is fixed, this will cause
> |>   ./configure && make distclean
> |>
> |> to bogusly remove GNUmakefile.
> |
> | Rats!  Thanks for the heads-up, Ralf.
>
> However, the automake manual states that "parts of the specification using
> shell variables will be ignored as far as cleaning and distributing is
> concerned".  So how about this workaround?

Nice.  I like it.
I'll wait a few hours before applying it, this time :-)

> (Should we also have a distclean-local rule in Makefile.am that removes
> the GNUmakefile symlink in VPATH builds, but is a no-op in in-place builds?)

That would be um, clean.


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