* Simon Josefsson wrote on Sat, Nov 29, 2008 at 01:05:37PM CET: > >> configure: creating ./config.status > >> config.status: creating Makefile > >> config.status: creating config.h > >> config.status: linking ../../gltests/GNUmakefile to GNUmakefile > >> config.status: error: ../../gltests/GNUmakefile: file not found > >> configure: error: ../../gltests/configure failed for gltests > >> make: *** [distcheck] Error 1 > > > >> There is no gltests/GNUmakefile, should gnulib-tool have copied one?
> gnulib-tool didn't copy GNUmakefile into gltests/ so it never existed. > I guess either gnulib-tool needs to copy GNUmakefile into gltests/ too, > or the configure.ac snippet shouldn't be part of gltests/configure.ac. > I'd prefer the latter (I don't think GNUmakefile belongs in > non-top-level directories) but don't know how to achieve it. Thanks for checking; I agree with the analysis, and that gltests shouldn't contain GNUmakefile nor the configure.ac snippet from modules/gnumakefile. Cheers, Ralf