Hi Ralf, On Sat, Jun 16, 2007 at 11:13:36AM +0200, Ralf Wildenhues wrote: > * Noah Misch wrote on Fri, Jun 15, 2007 at 02:42:04AM CEST: > > Therefore, I took a different approach: > > list the files to distribute directly in the top-level Makefile.am, > > and do not bother to configure the test directories for `make dist'. > > This would break down at the point when Autoconf or Automake decide to > generate a different set of files (and we try to support both older and > newer version). Arguably this doesn't happen too often, and Stepan has > too little time to carry out his plans...
True. > > If better, we could compromise between complexity > > and redundancy by generating the list of files at `bootstrap' time. > > If you've already tried this, please post the patch. Thanks. > Otherwise I suppose we can cross the bridge when we come to it > (you could put a FIXME above the list). Not yet, sorry. I can look into it. > > In any case, `make dist' runs an order magnitude faster. > > FWIW, I could care less about `dist' time. `check' and `all' are much > more interesting. Certainly; this speed improvement is but a minor bonus. > > While examining this, I tried `make distcheck'. It failed due to a > > `config.log' left in tests/fcdemo when its `configure' fails. This > > patch incorporates a two-line fix to avoid that problem. > > This is fine. > > It seems the others like this patch, so I won't stand in the way. ;-) Thanks. Now if only I can entice someone to install it. Thanks, Noah