On Thu, Sep 03, 2026 at 09:38:27AM +0200, Bruno Haible wrote: > Patrice Dumas wrote: > > I guess that EXTRA_DIST is too long for some > > setup, with 2380 lines (approximate) of files names. > > > > I am not sure about what to do. One option would be to add a > > Makefile.am in tta/perl/t and in tta/perl/t/results and a Makefile.am > > in each of the tta/perl/t/results subdirs and generate the list of lies > > for each of those directories. > > > > Any other idea? > > Another idea is to store the long list of files names in a separate file, > not EXTRA_DIST, and use a 'dist-hook' target [1] that copies these files > into $(distdir). > > Bruno > > [1] https://www.gnu.org/software/automake/manual/html_node/The-dist-Hook.html
My feeling is that it is more complicated to do that portably than adding Makefile.am by subdirectory, at least I wouldn't know how to. -- Pat
