FYI, Keshav suggested this on IRC, so I wrote the log entry for him. Note that this is not needed for a build-from-distribution-tarball. It's required only for a non-srcdir build when starting from a pristine clone.
>From e3245cb280f220c327dc49b124dc2f4fbf76368c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Keshav P R <[email protected]> Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2012 11:10:59 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] build: update AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR for non-srcdir-from-clone builds * configure.ac (AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR): List parted.h.in, rather than the now-generated parted.h, for those who run configure not from a distribution tarball, but from a non-srcdir build using a pristine clone. --- configure.ac | 2 +- 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac index cf559f8..5db6dbd 100644 --- a/configure.ac +++ b/configure.ac @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ AC_INIT([GNU parted], m4_esyscmd([build-aux/git-version-gen .version]), # When the most recent signed tag is v1.8.8.1, # the above might set e.g., PACKAGE_VERSION='1.8.8.1.1-0bfc' -AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([include/parted/parted.h]) +AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([include/parted/parted.h.in]) AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([lib/config.h:lib/config.h.in]) AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR([build-aux]) -- 1.7.9.rc0.2.g4b783
