bug with `make dist' and `AC_CONFIG_LINKS'

[Thomas Schwinge]

Hello!

It seems to me that all files from directories that are referenced within
an `AC_CONFIG_LINKS' rule in the `configure.ac' file will automatically
selected to be included in the tarball the `make dist' creates, even
those that live in the build-directory!

E.g. I have ``AC_CONFIG_LINKS([machine:${systype}/${systype}])'' in
`configure.ac'.  `systype' is set to `i386' at that point.  What I want
to achieve with that is having a link `[build]/machine' pointing to
`[source]/i386/i386' -- which is working, of course.  But when I now do a
`make dist', `[distdir]/i386/i386/' will now contain the files from
`[source]/i386/i386/' -- as expected -- but also those from
`[build]/i386/i386/' -- which is not expected, as those are the compiled
object files and other files that are generated during the build.


I hope this analysis if correct.  Does it suffice or do you need a real
test case?


Regards,
 Thomas

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