Re: [Automake] Making a Distribution

[Pavel Roskin]

Hello, Tom!

> >From my project build directory I would like to use "make dist" and
> have ALL .am files removed from the distribution package (which I can
> do by using the target "dist-hook"), but I can't figure out how to
> automatically eliminate all dependence on "automake" in the
> "Makefile.in"s.

Try placing AM_MAINTAINER_MODE into configure.in. The dependencies will be
commented out unless --enable-maintainer-mode is specified to configure.

But why do you want to remove .am files?

Regards,
Pavel Roskin