Package: automake Version: 1:1.14.1-3 Severity: normal This one had me going for a while. I think it is an automake problem, rather than an autoconf problem because the mystery directory appears at the ./configure step.
It started because automake complains about subdir-objects: $ automake Makefile.am:4: warning: source file '$(top_srcdir)/lib/bar.c' is in a subdirectory, Makefile.am:4: but option 'subdir-objects' is disabled automake: warning: possible forward-incompatibility. OK,OK, so I'll add: AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = subdir-objects to Makefile.am, automake is happy! Let's run ./configure then. Seems ok. Now make Makefile:388: lib/.deps/nothere.Po: No such file or directory make: *** No rule to make target 'lib/.deps/nothere.Po'. Stop. $ ls lib/.deps/ bar.Po $ find . -name 'nothere.Po' ./$(top_srcdir)/lib/.deps/nothere.Po Yes, that directoryname is literally $(top_srcdir) $ cat Makefile.am AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = subdir-objects bin_PROGRAMS = foo foo_SOURCES = foo.c lib/bar.c lib/bar.h $(top_srcdir)/lib/nothere.c So, configure WITH subdir-objects will not expand variables. configure WITHOUT subdir-objects works, because the .Po files end up in the top directory. You need variables!! make distcheck will usually break without them which, in distchecks odd way, is correct behaviour. The work-around is to ignore automakes whinge about subdir-objects but when/if it actually does enforce this, then its all over. Perhaps you were thinking of VPATH? Tried that, it breaks DIST. Yes, make dist is not VPATH aware, it would say cannot cp ./nothere.c - Craig -- System Information: Debian Release: jessie/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 3.14-1-amd64 (SMP w/6 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_AU.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_AU.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages automake depends on: ii autoconf 2.69-6 ii autotools-dev 20140510.1 automake recommends no packages. automake suggests no packages. -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
