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