Re: distchecking without FC?

[Noah Misch]

Hi Ralf,

On Sat, Jun 16, 2007 at 11:13:36AM +0200, Ralf Wildenhues wrote:
> * Noah Misch wrote on Fri, Jun 15, 2007 at 02:42:04AM CEST:
> > Therefore, I took a different approach:
> > list the files to distribute directly in the top-level Makefile.am,
> > and do not bother to configure the test directories for `make dist'.
> 
> This would break down at the point when Autoconf or Automake decide to
> generate a different set of files (and we try to support both older and
> newer version).  Arguably this doesn't happen too often, and Stepan has
> too little time to carry out his plans...

True.

> > If better, we could compromise between complexity
> > and redundancy by generating the list of files at `bootstrap' time.
> 
> If you've already tried this, please post the patch.  Thanks.
> Otherwise I suppose we can cross the bridge when we come to it
> (you could put a FIXME above the list).

Not yet, sorry.  I can look into it.

> > In any case, `make dist' runs an order magnitude faster.
> 
> FWIW, I could care less about `dist' time.  `check' and `all' are much
> more interesting.

Certainly; this speed improvement is but a minor bonus.

> > While examining this, I tried `make distcheck'.  It failed due to a
> > `config.log' left in tests/fcdemo when its `configure' fails.  This
> > patch incorporates a two-line fix to avoid that problem.
> 
> This is fine.
> 
> It seems the others like this patch, so I won't stand in the way.  ;-)

Thanks.  Now if only I can entice someone to install it.

Thanks,
Noah