bug#20699: bug#37499: Wrong location of deps directory when using AC_SUBST

2020-12-03 Thread Karl Berry
Either source files like this, which lie outside the subtree of the current Makefile.am, should either be documented as frowned upon, or they must be treated correctly. To be treated correctly, IMHO they must avoid breaking the distcheck target. I agree. I added a caveat to the ma

bug#20699: bug#37499: Wrong location of deps directory when using AC_SUBST

2020-12-01 Thread Hans-Bernhard Bröker
Am 29.11.2020 um 03:46 schrieb Karl Berry: Looking at 20699, as usual, I'm confused. Sorry. It seems like Automake is just following instructions. The docs/Makefile.am declares a dependency on ../src/main.c, so it removes ../src/*.o. How could it guess otherwise? Guessing shouldn't be involve

bug#20699: bug#37499: Wrong location of deps directory when using AC_SUBST

2020-11-28 Thread Karl Berry
Hi Hans-Bernhard - you wrote recently, in connection with bug#37499: This may actually be related to my ancient bug entry #20699. Comparing this bug (https://bugs.gnu.org/20699) with 37499, yeah, perhaps they are related, but I tend to think not, since the OP in 37499 is not using subdir-obje