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Re: make distcheck fails with 'does not support --help'
- From: Alexandre Duret-Lutz <duret_g at lrde dot epita dot fr>
- To: Thien-Thi Nguyen <ttn at glug dot org>
- Cc: automake <automake at gnu dot org>
- Date: Sat, 19 Apr 2003 10:51:58 +0200
- Subject: Re: make distcheck fails with 'does not support --help'
- References: <3EA07AE3.409CE441@ntlworld.com> <jkznmn4civ.fsf@glug.org>
>>> "Thien-Thi" == Thien-Thi Nguyen <ttn at glug dot org> writes:
Thien-Thi> "Dr. David Kirkby" <drkirkby at ntlworld dot com> writes:
Thien-Thi> Is that not sufficient ?? Surely I can't be expected to make the test
Thien-Thi> handle --help and --version???
Thien-Thi> AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = gnits
Thien-Thi> you specify "gnits" which is picky like that.
But only installed programs are tested for --help and --version.
The issue is not that David uses gnits, it's that he installs
his test program (see bin_PROGRAMS in his input).
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Alexandre Duret-Lutz