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

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

Re: Setting environment variable for make dist

On 10 May 2015 at 13:57, Bas Vodde b...@odd-e.com 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