Re: [PATCH] Check that symlinks are resolved by `make dist'.

2010-04-11 Thread Ralf Wildenhues
t; > > > Don't try to get variables set through output from 'make', that's > > very error-prone. > That was necessary with my previous "paranoid" approach, as I checked > that `test -h' and worked correctly *for the current shell* only, not >

Re: [PATCH] Check that symlinks are resolved by `make dist'.

2010-04-04 Thread Stefano Lattarini
to do so. Let's leave this undefined. I agree about this; I have rewritten the patch removing the extra test script `distsolvelinksdir.test'. But maybe we could also patch distdir.am to make it issue a warning when a symlink to a directory is being distributed (while continuing to beha

Re: [PATCH] Check that symlinks are resolved by `make dist'.

2010-04-04 Thread Ralf Wildenhues
don't need to hurry to define this unless and until we have a good way to do so. Let's leave this undefined. > From ee859147f10c073a6d7bae822e6a4eb259f35e94 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 > From: Stefano Lattarini > Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2010 23:41:01 +0200 > Subject: [PATCH] Check tha

[PATCH] Check that symlinks are resolved by `make dist'.

2010-04-01 Thread Stefano Lattarini
ctly the description at: <http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/utilities/cp.html> So what is the right thing to do about this -- patch distdir.am or modify the semantic of the new test? Regards, Stefano From ee859147f10c073a6d7bae822e6a4eb259f35e94 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 Fr