Re: Setting environment variable for make dist

Hi Gavin, Related to why the variable must be set, check this stack overflow article: http://superuser.com/questions/61185/why-do-i-get-files-like-foo-in-my-tarball-on-os-x The Mac filesystem created a hidden file that causes problems when packaging a release. I guess, autotools should actuall

Re: Setting environment variable for make dist

On 10 May 2015 at 13:57, Bas Vodde wrote: > I'm trying to change my projects configure.ac so that it sets the > COPYFILE_DISABLE=1 environment variable to influence the make dist target. What running program needs to have this environment variable set in its environment? Is it the shells that are

Setting environment variable for make dist

Hi all, I'm trying to change my projects configure.ac so that it sets the COPYFILE_DISABLE=1 environment variable to influence the make dist target. Background: The COPYFILE_DISABLE=1 avoids having a second top-level directory in your package when packaging on MacOSX. So far, my attempt was to