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Re: dist_... files not deleted by distclean
From: |
Jirka Hanika |
Subject: |
Re: dist_... files not deleted by distclean |
Date: |
Thu, 11 Jul 2002 15:51:09 +0200 |
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Mutt/1.2.5.1i |
On Thu, Jul 11, 2002 at 07:41:39AM -0600, Tom Tromey wrote:
> >>>>> "Jirka" == Jirka Hanika <address@hidden> writes:
>
> Jirka> Suppose my package requires a bunch of architecture independent
> Jirka> data files (say, icons). It seems natural for these files to
> Jirka> get installed into pkgdatadir and to go to the distribution, so
> Jirka> I write something like
>
> Jirka> dist_pkgdata_DATA = $(srcdir)/*.png
>
> Using `*.png' won't work. Adding $(srcdir) to it makes it seem like
> it will work, but really it won't. If you just list all the .png
> files there, then the right thing will happen.
Sad news, I wanted to avoid a possible discrepancy between the list and
the actual files, however thanks for a hint.
> Jirka> in the corresponding Makefile.am; this however causes "make
> Jirka> distcheck" to fail ("files left after distclean"), because the
> Jirka> files are copied to the distribution, but not deleted with
> Jirka> distclean.
>
> I don't fully understand this part. How do the files end up in the
> build directory at all?
Good question - somehow they do even if the line I sent is the only one
within Makefile.am. I'll try to investigate, but I'm no automake expert,
this didn't even strike me as weird.
Jirka