Thanks. You're right, I was wrong.
I fixed the Xbae source.
Danny
On Sun, 2004-07-04 at 19:30, Alexandre Duret-Lutz wrote:
> >>> "Danny" == Danny Backx <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> Danny> Hi,
> Danny> I am using automake, autoconf, and libtool for projects such
> Danny> as Xbae. The distribution method is "make dist". In the
> Danny> distribution file for Xbae-4.50.93 (available at
> Danny> http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/xbae/Xbae-4.50.93.tar.gz?download
> Danny> ), you'll see that the file
> Danny> scripts/Makefile.in
> Danny> is mysteriously mission.
>
> Danny> I've since tried to work around this and found that adding
> Danny> Makefile.in to the DIST_COMMON in scripts/Makefile.am
> Danny> avoids the problem.
>
> The problem is that you define the internal variable
> DIST_COMMON. Automake will never overwrite a variable you
> defined, assuming you know better than it does.
>
> * To fix you problem, simply remove this variable definition
> and let automake do its job: the two files it lists are files
> that automake would automatically distribute anyway.
>
> * To distribute extra files, do use the documented variable
> EXTRA_DIST.
>
> * Running `automake -Wall' will warn you about user definitition
> that overwrite automake variable (among other things).
>
> [...]
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