On Wednesday 07 May 2008 13:31:56 Pavel Sanda wrote: > > For the moment make distcheck is failing, I would like it work before > > releasing alpha 3. All help is appreciated. > > what is the purpose of this distcheck after all? what should it check? > pavel
http://www.linux.codehelp.co.uk/serendipity/index.php?/archives/89-Reflections-on-autotools-and-make-distcheck.html From http://bootstrapper.sourceforge.net/index.php?name=tutorial make distcheck does two things, it rolls a distribution tarball, and then checks it by unpacking it in a new directory, building it in another directory and installing it in a third directory. -- José Abílio
