Hi Stefano,
One comment below:
On 2012-02-25 14:39 +0100, Stefano Lattarini wrote:
[...]
> And here is the documentation about the fact that a dist-hook should be ready
> to deal with read-only files. I will apply the attached patch soonish to
> master
> if there is no objection.
[...]
> +@noindent
> +Note that the @code{dist-hook} recipe shouldn't assume that the
> +regular files in the distribution directory are writable; this
> +might not be the case if one is packaging from a read-only source
> +tree, or when a @code{make distcheck} is being done. So, if the
> +@code{dist-hook} wants to modify the content of an existing file
> +in the distribution directory, it should explicitly ensure to make
> +it readable first:
^^^^^^^^
writable
I also would drop the words "ensure to".
Cheers,
--
Nick Bowler, Elliptic Technologies (http://www.elliptictech.com/)
