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authorIain Nicol <iain@iainnicol.com>2011-07-31 13:30:59 +0100
committerJim Meyering <meyering@redhat.com>2011-08-01 22:55:44 +0200
commitc596dce2525adef145e3ec2e1d3c89dc044ac8e8 (patch)
treeb9ae35d8b1960ffabf65be5ccbc3fc7650401dfa /build-aux/git-version-gen
parentc3631123354a030261b19e206205bbfb973af38b (diff)
downloadgnulib-c596dce2525adef145e3ec2e1d3c89dc044ac8e8.tar.gz
git-version-gen: document that EXTRA_DIST must include .version
* build-aux/git-version-gen: In the how-to-use comment, document that EXTRA_DIST must include .version. Otherwise, "make distcheck" will fail when run from an unpacked distribution tarball.
Diffstat (limited to 'build-aux/git-version-gen')
-rwxr-xr-xbuild-aux/git-version-gen7
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/build-aux/git-version-gen b/build-aux/git-version-gen
index 686f7031a6..6d7144665d 100755
--- a/build-aux/git-version-gen
+++ b/build-aux/git-version-gen
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
#!/bin/sh
# Print a version string.
-scriptversion=2011-02-19.19; # UTC
+scriptversion=2011-07-31.12; # UTC
# Copyright (C) 2007-2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
#
@@ -57,9 +57,10 @@ scriptversion=2011-02-19.19; # UTC
# [bug-project@example])
#
# Then use the following lines in your Makefile.am, so that .version
-# will be present for dependencies, and so that .tarball-version will
-# exist in distribution tarballs.
+# will be present for dependencies, and so that .version and
+# .tarball-version will exist in distribution tarballs.
#
+# EXTRA_DIST = $(top_srcdir)/.version
# BUILT_SOURCES = $(top_srcdir)/.version
# $(top_srcdir)/.version:
# echo $(VERSION) > $@-t && mv $@-t $@