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Re: problems with mdate-sh and version.texi without AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR in 1.4f
- To: tromey at redhat dot com
- Subject: Re: problems with mdate-sh and version.texi without AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR in 1.4f
- From: Kevin Dalley <kevind at rahul dot net>
- Date: 15 Jun 2001 04:52:29 -0700
- Cc: automake at gnu dot org
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- References: <l4snhghj2x.fsf@seti.org> <8766dyr1i1.fsf@creche.redhat.com>
- Reply-to: Kevin Dalley <kevind at rahul dot net>
This test looks good. The test fails in 1.4f, but succeeds in the
latest CVS release. The newer version of automake also solves the
problem in findutils which I had. Thanks.
Tom Tromey <tromey@redhat.com> writes:
> >>>>> "Kevin" == Kevin Dalley <kevind@rahul.net> writes:
>
> Kevin> If AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR is not used, and version.texi is in a doc
> Kevin> directory, than "automake -a" installs mdate-sh in top_srcdir,
> Kevin> but the Makefile.in in the doc directory tries to use mdate-sh
> Kevin> in srcdir, which mdate-sh does not exist.
>
> I wrote a test for this, but according to the test the right thing
> already happens.
>
> I'm checking in the test. It is `mdate4.test'.
>
> If you can tell me how to modify it to reproduce the bug, I'd be happy
> to fix the problem. But as it stands now I can't see it.
>
> Tom
>
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Kevin Dalley
kevind@rahul.net