Re: cache directory is not removed

[Sam Steingold]

> * In message <address@hidden>
> * On the subject of "Re: cache directory is not removed"
> * Sent on Fri, 07 Jun 2002 12:07:24 -0400
> * Honorable Earnie Boyd <address@hidden> writes:
>
> Sam Steingold wrote:
> > > * Honorable Akim Demaille <address@hidden> writes:
> > >
> > > >>>>> "Sam" == Sam Steingold <address@hidden> writes:
> > >
> > > Sam> nope.  when I distribute CLISP, I cannot assume that my users
> > > Sam> have autoconf, so I distribute the generated configure scripts
> > > Sam> too.  i.e., the configure scripts are in the source tree and are
> > > Sam> regenerated just before a release.  thus, if I use autoconf 2.53,
> > > Sam> I have to remove the cache directories by hand before a release,
> > > Sam> so that they do not end up in the distribution file.
> > >
> > > But how do you write you dist target?  How come it ends in the
> > > tarball!?!
> > 
> > pretty much `tar cz dist.tgz src/`
> > (with some bells and whistles).
> > now I will need to exclude the cache directory name, which includes
> > the autoconf version number, i.e., I will have to change my `make dist`
> > after every autoconf release.
> > 
> 
> So your real problem is where the cache directory is created.  If it
> weren't created in the source directory then your problem would be
> solved.

pretty much yes.
/tmp/autocong.cache would be perfectly fine with me.

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