On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 4:26 PM, Mike Frysinger <[email protected]> wrote: > one example where ive hit this is with projects using git: > - initial clone is done > - local libtool is configured with AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR(m4) like it suggests > - m4/ only contains generated files, and those arent in git, and git doesnt > keep track of empty dirs. so no m4/ exists at this point in time > - Makefile.am has ACLOCAL_FLAGS = -I m4 as it should > - initial `autoreconf` aborts due to m4/ not existing because libtoolize > wasnt run early enough to populate m4/ with files > > so i could do `mkdir m4` before the `autoreconf` and forget about it, but the > issue comes right back as soon as i do something like `git clean -x -d` (which > i frequently do).
I also hit this snag with reasonable frequency. I usually `git add` a file m4/.keep, since anything that actually winds up in m4/ is usually put there by aclocal --install. -- Jack
