Re: 'make dist' and m4 directory

[Jeffrey Sheinberg]

John Ling writes:
 > Hi Ralf, yes that's exactly what I am trying to do.
 > 
 > Since I'm using automake 1.7.7 then this is why it isn't including the 
 > m4 directory.
 > 
 > I'll just use EXTRA_DIST for now then until I upgrade to a more recent 
 > Automake.
 > 

Hi,

I needed to use use EXTRA_DIST in a similar situation with
Automake version 1.9.3, in order for make distcheck to work.

In my case, the m4 directory was empty, so as the following
comments describe it, I consider this to be a bug in Automake.

$ grep m4 configure.ac Makefile.am
configure.ac:AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([m4])
Makefile.am:ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I m4
Makefile.am:# Workaround a bug in automake - inclusion of the "m4" directory 
should
Makefile.am:# be triggered by the presence of either, 
"AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([m4])" in
Makefile.am:# "configure.ac", or "ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I m4" in "Makefile.am".
Makefile.am:EXTRA_DIST += m4

-- 
Jeffrey Sheinberg