I suggest the following minor changes to make.texi (relative to 3.80) to
change the category in the Texinfo dir file -- I've been trying to
rationalize these categories per rms's suggestions.
Also, the frontmatter should be changed to use @copying, the GNU free
documentation license, @ifnottex
%% Harsha Kalidindi [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
hk ../install/scripts/% : %
hk $(INSTALL) -m 444 $() $(@)
hk gmake is looking in $(VPATH)/../install/scripts. We are not
hk expecting it to. We expect it to look in VPATH only for sources
hk when they don't exist
Paul:
But you've left out, again, the most important part of your makefile
(this is why I am asking you to create a small _complete_ example that
shows the behavior you have a problem with).
After you see the below comments, if you still want me to, I will
create a complete example.
%% Harsha Kalidindi [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
If you run make install, then make says OK, I need to build
../install/scripts/foo. It looks to see if that file exists. If it
does, then VPATH is never consulted.
hk We expect the above behavior.
If it doesn't exist, then if VPATH