Re: unconditional version of EXTRA_DIST

[NightStrike]

On Thu, Mar 4, 2010 at 3:10 AM, Andreas Jellinghaus <address@hidden> wrote:
> Am Donnerstag 04 März 2010 03:31:04 schrieb Ralf Wildenhues:
>> > ah. ok, so back to the drawing board for my plan with
>> > optional documentation (see the thread a week ago or so).
>>
>> You can use either of
>> - wildcards,
>>    EXTRA_DIST = pattern*
>>
>> - automake conditionals,
>>    if COND
>>    EXTRA_DIST += files...
>>    endif
>>
>> - or plain old configure substitutions for variable content in
>> EXTRA_DIST.
>>    EXTRA_DIST = file @list_of_files@ $(more_files)
>
> ok,thanks. will try wildcard.
> "*html" as patter will also work, if there is not even a single
> html file?
>
> Andreas
>
>
>

If the wildcard doesn't match, I'm pretty sure you get some kind of
error trying to find a file called "*html".