[bug-gnulib] Re: getdate module description error?

[Derek Price]

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Sergey Poznyakoff wrote:

>3. Finally, with empty Makefile.am section bootstrap fails:
>
>autoreconf: running: automake --add-missing --copy --force-missing
>configure.ac:122: required file `lib/getdate.c' not found
>autoreconf: automake failed with exit status: 1
>
>The reason for this particular failure seems to be explained in
>autom4te.cache/traces.0:
>
>m4trace:configure.ac:46: -1- gl_GETDATE
>m4trace:configure.ac:46: -1- AC_LIBSOURCE([getdate.h])
>m4trace:configure.ac:46: -1- AC_LIBSOURCE([getdate.y])
>m4trace:configure.ac:46: -1- AC_LIBSOURCE([getdate.c])
>
>Apparently, the last AC_LIBSOURCE makes automake to believe that the
>file getdate.c must be present in lib/. That's why BUILT_SOURCES is
>needed.


My apologies for the false alarm.

Removing lib/getdate.c from my sources reproduces the bootstrap problem
without the BUILT_SOURCES line.

Once I remove an explicit `getdate_SOURCES = getdate.y' line (which
built the getdate test program) from my Makefile.am, I also see
getdate.c disappear from DIST_COMMON and the maintainer-clean-generic
target.  Sounds like an Automake bug, alright.

Regards,

Derek
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