Subject: Re: bug#20186: Failure to create directory during info-building phase of "make distcheck"

From: Peter Breitenlohner <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2015 11:49:17 +0100 (CET)

On Tue, 24 Mar 2015, James Youngman wrote:

> I'm seeing a failure of "make distcheck" which I think is caused by
> the fact that Automake 1.14.1's rule for .texi.info is trying to
> create a backup directory in a read-only directory:

Hi James,

the .info file in the read-only directory should not be older than the .texi
file (and other dependencies), thus the rule for .texi.info should never be
used during "make distcheck".  Something wrong with your timestamps and or
filesystem?

Regards
Peter Breitenlohner <[email-masked]>