Jim Meyering wrote: > Hi Derek, > > Recently, automake changed so that I get the following in fileutils-4.1, > even though I've put a copy of mdate-sh (though not in the official tarball) > in doc/. > > $ automake --gnits --include-deps > doc/Makefile.am:2: required file `./mdate-sh' not found > > I don't use AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR. The last time I checked, I found it didn't > work because some of those aux files live at the top level, and others > (like mdate-sh and texinfo.tex) belong in doc/. That's the way AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR is defined. It allows for the relocation of _all_ of the "auxiliary files used in configuration". This can be decidedly convenient if you have two doc directories for some reason. An explicit exception was made for texinfo.tex, but only when AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR isn't set explicitly. I would guess that a similar exception for mdate-sh would be acceptable if others thought it a good idea. I don't know much about it, but glancing through the code seems to confirm that an exception wouldn't hurt. My glance through the code also seems to confirm that this shouldn't be too hard to accomplish. Derek -- Derek Price CVS Solutions Architect ( http://CVSHome.org ) mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] CollabNet ( http://collab.net ) -- "May the forces of evil become confused on the way to your house." -- George Carlin
