Subject: Re: bug#8434: java: cannot use JAVA with both dist_ and nodist_ prefixes

From: Ralf Wildenhues <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 9 Apr 2011 12:53:04 +0200

Hi Stefano,

* Stefano Lattarini wrote on Wed, Apr 06, 2011 at 09:00:32PM CEST:
> Currently, limitations in the Automake support for java enforce the
> restriction that only one `_JAVA' primary can be used in a given
> Makefile.am.

> This bug is particularly annoying because *.java files listed with
> the `JAVA' primary are not included by default in the distribution.
> 
> Ganted, one can always use EXTRA_DIST to work around this issue,
> but it would be nice if things Just Worked.

Agreed on all accounts.  Do you see a way to fix this, for arbitrary
dependency structure between the java classes?

Thanks for the bug report,
Ralf