* Ben Pfaff (b...@nicira.com) wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 11:18:58AM -0700, Chris Wright wrote:
> > * Ben Pfaff (b...@nicira.com) wrote:
> > > On Fri, Mar 09, 2012 at 06:17:07PM -0800, Chris Wright wrote:
> > > > This adds ability to do:
> > > > 
> > > >   ./configure --disable-brcompat
> > > > 
> > > > to disable building userspace and kernel module associated with
> > > > providing linux bridge compatibility.
> > > > 
> > > > Signed-off-by: Chris Wright <chr...@sous-sol.org>
> > > 
> > > I've had a little bit of trouble in the past with Automake not
> > > distributing some kinds of files that are conditionally built.  So,
> > > with this patch applied, does
> > >         ./configure --disable-brcompat
> > >         make distcheck
> > > pass, e.g. does "make dist" still distribute the source files and
> > > (especially) the manpages that are now conditional?
> > 
> > Yes, you're right, it does seem to effect the datapath.
> 
> One solution is to make sure that anything that must be distributed is
> in noinst_HEADERS, e.g. see this commit from a while back:

Heh, I came across your automake posting while trying to debug this
patchset.  Ideal would be in Module-brcompat.mk to make only the
.o/.ko build conditional, but that hits the issue that the same file is
used in two different contexts.  I'll try noinst_HEADERS, and see if
distcheck passes.

thanks,
-chris
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