FreeTDS Development Group

[Frediano Ziglio <freddyz77 AT tin.it>]

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> I agree with you that num_limits.h shouldn't be in CVS.  But it's a
> little more complicated than adding just one rule.  
> 
> The problem with not committing autogenerated files: teach autogen to
> make num_limits.h when building from CVS, but to include num_limits.h in
> the output of "make dist".  The reason, you remember, is that people who
> build from distributions and snapshots shouldn't need Perl.  I know we
> agree on that point; I'm just reminding everyone.  
> 
> I just committed changes to src/tds/Makefile.am that I think meets these
> requirements.  
> 

Using distro

$ make
make: *** No rule to make target `numeric.pl', needed by `num_limits.h'.
Stop.

This cause (from my Makefile)

...
BUILT_SOURCES = num_limits.h
EXTRA_DIST = num_limits.h
all: $(BUILT_SOURCES)
        $(MAKE) $(AM_MAKEFLAGS) all-recursive
...
num_limits.h: numeric.pl Makefile
        perl $(srcdir)/numeric.pl > .$@
        mv .$@ $@
...

So make require numeric.pl to build (or only check) num_limits.h. The
only solution I see is to include numeric.pl in distribution...

freddy77