On 2020-04-20 14:59:00 -0600, Karl Berry wrote: > i.e. it does not change the permissions in order to make the removal > work recursively > > Right, I see it now. Had been testing the wrong thing. > > So, can you propose a specific change for the manual? -k
I think that it is sufficient to fix the example (the explanation is just below). BTW, the second example is also incorrect. commit a639e5b51cadbaff88ca4059b4db4571c811070c Author: Vincent Lefevre <vinc...@vinc17.net> Date: 2020-04-23 17:33:54 +0200 doc: fix dist-hook examples diff --git a/doc/automake.texi b/doc/automake.texi index 469a72971..1b35883b9 100644 --- a/doc/automake.texi +++ b/doc/automake.texi @@ -8497,6 +8497,7 @@ a directory in @code{EXTRA_DIST}: @example EXTRA_DIST = doc dist-hook: + chmod -R u+w $(distdir)/doc rm -rf `find $(distdir)/doc -type d -name .svn` @end example @@ -8516,7 +8517,7 @@ distribution directory, it should explicitly to make it writable first: EXTRA_DIST = README doc dist-hook: chmod u+w $(distdir)/README $(distdir)/doc - echo "Distribution date: `date`" >> README + echo "Distribution date: `date`" >> $(distdir)/README rm -f $(distdir)/doc/HACKING @end example -- Vincent Lefèvre <vinc...@vinc17.net> - Web: <https://www.vinc17.net/> 100% accessible validated (X)HTML - Blog: <https://www.vinc17.net/blog/> Work: CR INRIA - computer arithmetic / AriC project (LIP, ENS-Lyon)