Make distcheck on main is not working for me. The issue is when it tries to create a file called .version-t and then move it to .version. It tries to create this file in $top_srcdir, which ought to be read-only.
The following patch, in which I build it in $top_builddir, works for me. Regards, Mike Gran
>From d7bb81c3b6e26a320615cd7073468ca5207a08cf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Michael Gran <spk...@yahoo.com> Date: Sun, 9 Mar 2025 12:25:04 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Fix make distcheck The make distcheck would fail because it was generating a .version file in the source directory, instead of the build directory * Makefile.am (DISTCLEANFILES, BUILT_SOURCES, .version): use builddir for .version --- Makefile.am | 8 ++++---- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am index 6d73625c7..005d09b4e 100644 --- a/Makefile.am +++ b/Makefile.am @@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ EXTRA_DIST = LICENSE HACKING GUILE-VERSION \ ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I m4 -DISTCLEANFILES = check-guile.log +DISTCLEANFILES = check-guile.log .version DISTCHECK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS = --enable-error-on-warning --enable-mini-gmp @@ -126,9 +126,9 @@ assert-no-store-file-names: exit 1 ; \ fi -BUILT_SOURCES += $(top_srcdir)/.version -$(top_srcdir)/.version: Makefile - echo $(VERSION) > $@-t && mv $@-t $@ +BUILT_SOURCES += $(top_builddir)/.version +$(top_builddir)/.version: Makefile + echo $(VERSION) > $(top_builddir)/$@-t && mv $(top_builddir)/$@-t $(top_builddir)/$@ gen-tarball-version: echo $(VERSION) > $(distdir)/.tarball-version -- 2.48.1
