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  • From: Frediano Ziglio <freddyz77 AT tin.it>
  • To: FreeTDS Development Group <freetds AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [freetds] autoconf metaprojectette
  • Date: Tue, 09 Dec 2003 21:37:20 -0000

Il mar, 2003-12-09 alle 22:27, Lowden, James K ha scritto:
> http://sources.redhat.com/autobook/
> http://sources.redhat.com/autobook/autobook/autobook_14.html#SEC14
>
> Since reading that chapter, it's become my practice to build in a separate
> tree. Usually it's called "build", so it goes something like:
>
> $ cd build
> $ ../configure [options]
> $ make
>
> For some reason, "make dist" doesn't work that way. It runs, but the
> snapshot it generates puts some files in the wrong place, and its configure
> script generates non-working Makefiles. The only success I've had with
> "make dist" is in-tree, with ./configure.
>

Strange... make distcheck should include these checks...

> It's a little inconvenient for me, because to make a distribution from
> current CVS, I have to checkout a clean tree temporarily. It also indicates
> a bad assumption somewhere in the autotool inputs.
>

A workaround is to use cp (with -p -R) and work on copy after cvs
update.

> If anyone has the time and inclination to figure this out, I would be
> grateful.
>
> The symptom I've seen is that sock_errno isn't defined, and some files
> inadvertently wind up in win32 instead of include.
>

freddy77






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