FreeTDS Development Group

[Frediano Ziglio <freddyz77 AT tin.it>]

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