Hi, On Sat, 19 Sep 2020 at 11:35, Ludovic Courtès <l...@gnu.org> wrote: > zimoun <zimon.touto...@gmail.com> skribis: > >>> The reason seems to be that: >>> >>> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- >>> # Bundle this file so that makeinfo finds it in out-of-source-tree builds. >>> BUILT_SOURCES += $(OS_CONFIG_EXAMPLES_TEXI) $(TRANSLATED_INFO) >>> EXTRA_DIST += $(OS_CONFIG_EXAMPLES_TEXI) $(TRANSLATED_INFO) >>> MAINTAINERCLEANFILES = $(OS_CONFIG_EXAMPLES_TEXI) $(TRANSLATED_INFO) >>> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- >> >> Yah, I have tried to tweak a lot of stuff and it has always failed. >> Simon's relationship with configure and Makefile.am: is complicated. >> :-) >> Well, since these files are only a hard copy of files in >> gnu/system/examples/, does it make sense to simply symlink them and >> remove the rule? > > You can try, but the comment above about out-of-source-tree builds > suggests it won’t work. :-)
Symbolic links do not work. :-) Hard links fix my problem, but I am not sure that what we want. > (That’s because .info is treated specially; namely, Info files are part > of the distribution, so they are always built in the source tree.) One easy fix is to add a copy in ‘./bootstrap’. Yes, it is unsatisfactory because a modification of gnu/system/examples/<whatever>.tmpl will not regenerate the correct file in doc/; note it is already the case now –if I understand correctly. Cheers, simon
