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Re: Shipping generated file from generated generator
>>> "Stepan" == Stepan Kasal <kasal@ucw.cz> writes:
> I guess the following should fix it:
> $(generated_sources): $(makedoc_SOURCES) $(cmd_sources)
> make $(AM_MAKEFLAGS) makedoc$(EXEEXT)
$(MAKE)
> rm -f $(generated_sources)
> ./makedoc $(cmd_sources)
> This way the generated_sources shouldn't be regenerated, if they are new
> enough.
>> Hm, reading more carefully, I see no connection between the
>> generated_sources and what they are used to.
> The dependency of the wole program on eg. key.c is done by the automake
> variable infokey_SOURCES.
Ah, I was looking for generated_sources itself, not its contents.
>> Also, I see no provision to generate these files in srcdir. Are you
>> really sure you ship and use them?
> I guess ``make dist'' was always called in the main tree, so this
> was not a problem. [*]
Nope, it was: distcheck always does a src != build configuration.
Unless distcheck was never used (booh :).