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In he Automake manual, Section 14.3 "The dist Hook":
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Note that the ‘dist-hook’ recipe shouldn’t assume that the regular files
in the distribution directory are writable; this might not be the case
if one is packaging from a read-only source tree, or when a ‘make
distcheck’ is being done. For similar reasons, the recipe shouldn’t
assume that the subdirectories put into the distribution directory as
effect of having them listed in ‘EXTRA_DIST’ are writable. So, if the
‘dist-hook’ recipe wants to modify the content of an existing file (or
‘EXTRA_DIST’ subdirectory) in the 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
rm -f $(distdir)/doc/HACKING
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but just earlier:
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EXTRA_DIST = doc
dist-hook:
rm -rf `find $(distdir)/doc -type d -name .svn`
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So, if the subdirectories may not be writable, how can the above rm
work without changing the permissions first?
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