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authorKarl Berry <karl@gnu.org>2013-01-03 16:09:23 -0700
committerStefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>2013-01-04 01:07:30 +0100
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docs: mention dist-hook help for EXTRA_DIST
* automake.texi (Basics of Distribution): mention dist-hook as working around the problems of whole directories in EXTRA_DIST. Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
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diff --git a/doc/automake.texi b/doc/automake.texi
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@@ -8418,7 +8418,9 @@ You can also mention a directory in @code{EXTRA_DIST}; in this case the
entire directory will be recursively copied into the distribution.
Please note that this will also copy @emph{everything} in the directory,
including, e.g., Subversion's @file{.svn} private directories or CVS/RCS
-version control files. We recommend against using this feature.
+version control files; thus we recommend against using this feature
+as-is. However, you can use the @code{dist-hook} feature to
+ameliorate the problem; @pxref{The dist Hook}.
@vindex SUBDIRS
@vindex DIST_SUBDIRS