Submitter: Sebastian Freundt <[email protected]> thanks Reference: <http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=9506>
On Thursday 15 September 2011, Sebastian Freundt wrote: > Stefano Lattarini <[email protected]> writes: > > > The main point is that if you're distributing you `.info' files, you should > > ensure that they are *not* rebuilt when building from a distribution tarball > > (as that would wreak havoce with at least FreeBSD make). OTOH, if you > > *want* > > them to be rebuilt, you should *not* distribute them, and *also* add them to > > CLEANFILES; in this case automake will build them in the buiilddir (if it > > doesn't, than that's a bug we should fix ASAP). > > > > I've marked this bug closed as "wontfix", but feel free to continue the > > discussion here if you have further doubts to clarify or ideas to > > contribute. > > > Hi Stefano, > > I've followed your suggestions, and prefixed the TEXINFOS with `nodist_' > and added them to CLEANFILES, however the .info file is now neither built > nor installed (even upon make install-info). > Hmpf, yes, this is another limitation/incompatibility of the TEXINFOS primary; the only ways TEXINFOS can by used are: # Will cause generation of foo.info, foo.pdf, etc. info_TEXINFOS = foo.texi # Will declare that these files ae required when building `foo.texi' foo_TEXINFOS = bar.texi baz.texi So, when automake sees nodist_TEXINFOS, it thinks that it just lists extra `.texi' files required by `nodist.texi' ... And it doesn't even warn that `nodist.texi' is not really used anywhere! There is already a bug report about this situation: <http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=7657> but I had forgotten about it. Thanks for reminding me! > > In my case the .info files should be rebuilt and not distributed as they > contain partially auto-generated content. > OK. Maybe you might use a dist-hook to remove the `.info' files not intended for distribution from the distdir, just before the distribution tarball is created. See: <http://www.gnu.org/software/automake/manual/html_node/The-dist-Hook.html> > Another bug report? > Good idea. I've already opened it (hopefully in your name, otherwise I'll fix that later). > Cheers > Sebastian > Thanks, Stefano
