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| author | Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com> | 2014-12-24 00:59:09 +0100 |
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| committer | Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com> | 2014-12-24 00:59:09 +0100 |
| commit | 5fe2bfee7631572b39f59307d7076dbaa9b6fc5e (patch) | |
| tree | 764e459b2ee6f663bd45cd67f50212f74247599f /NEWS | |
| parent | 108a98575462e54dffa0083a773a46c57a23a113 (diff) | |
| parent | c24233d4194639cf2f87ceee162b0f0525ecdbd3 (diff) | |
| download | automake-5fe2bfee7631572b39f59307d7076dbaa9b6fc5e.tar.gz | |
Merge branch 'master' into ng/master
* master:
dist: fix bug#18286 "distcheck fails to detect missing files"
tests: expose automake bug#18286 "distcheck fails to detect missing files"
include: fix bug in handling of user-defined makefile fragments generation
tests: expose bug in handling of user-defined makefile fragments generation
+ Extra non-trivial changes:
* lib/am/distcheck.mk: Backport the changes done to lib/am/distdir.am
in commit v1.14.1-4-g01a7a4a (fix for automake bug#18286 "distcheck
fails to detect missing files").
Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'NEWS')
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1 files changed, 23 insertions, 0 deletions
@@ -178,6 +178,29 @@ New in 1.15: Makefiles, in the face of the newly-introduced randomization for hash keys order in Perl 5.18. + - In older Automake versions, if a user defined one single Makefile + fragment (say 'foo.am') to be included (via Automake includes) in + his main Makefile.am, and defined a custom make rule to generate that + file from other data, Automake used to spuriously complain about with + something like "... overrides Automake target '$(srcdir)/foo.am". + This bug is now fixed. + + - Automake bug#18286: "make distcheck" could sometimes fail to detect + missing files in the distribution tarball, especially in those cases + where both the generated files and their dependencies are explicitly + in $(srcdir). An important example of this are *generated* makefile + fragments included at Automake time in Makefile.am; e.g.: + + ... + $(srcdir)/fragment.am: $(srcdir)/data.txt $(srcdir)/preproc.sh + cd $(srcdir) && $(SHELL) preproc.sh <data.txt >fragment.am + include $(srcdir)/fragment.am + ... + + If the use forgot to add data.txt and/or preproc.sh in the distribution + tarball, "make distcheck" would have erroneously succeeded! This issue + is now fixed. + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ New in 1.14.1: |