On Thu, 2008-02-07 at 11:13 -0500, joe shoemaker wrote: > Does autoconf really worry about distribution, or does this belong to > Makefile.am where I just create dist target in Makefile.am?
Autoconf per se doesn't have much to do with making a distribution. However, automake (the program that parses your Makefile.am) will provide you with excellent, comprehensive targets for building distribution files, and even a target that will build the distribution file, then unpack it and build it again in a temporary location to be sure it's correct. You should absolutely use those and not write your own. Whether you need things like EXTRA_DIST depends on what you have in your directory that you might want to appear in the distribution tarball. We can't know that so it's for you to decide. All the "basics" are already included, such as your source files, configure files, etc. Try running the dist targets and see what happens. Add files as needed. Mix, rinse, repeat. There are lots of online docs that help with this. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Paul D. Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://make.mad-scientist.us "Please remain calm--I may be mad, but I am a professional."--Mad Scientist _______________________________________________ Autoconf mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/autoconf
