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Re: automake distclean bug?
From: |
Bob Friesenhahn |
Subject: |
Re: automake distclean bug? |
Date: |
Wed, 10 Dec 2003 17:09:43 -0600 (CST) |
On Wed, 10 Dec 2003, Alexandre Duret-Lutz wrote:
> >>> "Bob" == Bob Friesenhahn <address@hidden> writes:
>
> Bob> I am working to get the package I support to support the 'distcheck'
> Bob> target. The distcheck target fails with:
>
> Bob> ERROR: files left in build directory after distclean:
> Bob> ./GraphicsMagick-1.1-20031209.tar.gz
>
> Bob> Unlike the many other problems that I have already had to solve, this
> Bob> one looks like the result of an Automake bug.
>
> How can I reproduce this?
>
> Bob> Is it possible that Automake 1.7.9 does not remove its
> Bob> distribution file via the 'distclean' target?
>
> distclean is not expected to clean tarballs, but distcheck will
> do it at the right time.
It seems that Automake 1.7.9 does *not* always do it at the right time
(therefore this problem), however, updating to Automake 1.8 clears up
the problem. Yay!
Thanks for the excellent work with preparing Automake 1.8.
Bob
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Bob Friesenhahn
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http://www.simplesystems.org/users/bfriesen