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automake does not really automatically distribute all the files it's advertised to.

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From: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini <at> gmail.com>
To: Peter Rosin <peda <at> lysator.liu.se>
Cc: 7819 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#7819: automake does not really automatically distribute all the files it's advertised to.
Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2011 21:20:33 +0100

On Monday 10 January 2011, Peter Rosin wrote:
> Den 2011-01-10 20:50 skrev Stefano Lattarini:
> > Hello automakers.
> > 
> > From the automake manual, section 14.1 "Basics of Distribution":
> > 
> >  ``Automake also has a built-in list of commonly used files that are
> >    automatically included if they are found in the current directory
> >    (either physically, or as the target of a Makefile.am rule). This
> >    list is printed by "automake --help". ''
> > 
> > And here is the current list of files automake should distribute
> > automatically:
> > 
> >   $ automake --help
> >   Usage: /usr/bin/automake [OPTION] ... [Makefile]...
> >   ...
> >   Files which are automatically distributed, if found:
> >     ABOUT-GNU           README              config.rpath        ltcf-gcj.sh
> >     ABOUT-NLS           THANKS              config.sub          ltconfig
> >     AUTHORS             TODO                configure           ltmain.sh
> >     BACKLOG             acconfig.h          configure.ac        mdate-sh
> >     COPYING             aclocal.m4          configure.in        missing
> >     COPYING.DOC         ansi2knr.1          depcomp             mkinstalldirs
> >     COPYING.LESSER      ansi2knr.c          elisp-comp          py-compile
> >     COPYING.LIB         compile             install-sh          stamp-vti
> >     ChangeLog           config.guess        libversion.in       texinfo.tex
> >     INSTALL             config.h.bot        ltcf-c.sh           ylwrap
> >     NEWS                config.h.top        ltcf-cxx.sh
> >   ...
> > 
> 
> ar-lib is missing (perhaps because it's not in the branch you tested?).
>
I guess so, as I tested only with the maint branch.

Anyway, the testcase I'm preparing takes the list of automatically-distributed
files from automake's own help screen, and thus should remain automatically in
sync with what is documented there.

Regards,
   Stefano

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