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Re: Error because README is missing
- From: "Paul Smith" <psmith at nortelnetworks dot com>
- To: automake at gnu dot org
- Date: 01 Dec 2004 13:15:42 -0500
- Subject: Re: Error because README is missing
- References: <16762.54511.805811.434788@lemming.engeast.baynetworks.com><2004-10-24-01-15-44+20914+adl@gnu.org><vpdrr7mczepu.fsf@lemming.engeast.baynetworks.com><je653o5j1e.fsf@sykes.suse.de><mv4r7mae8eg.fsf@nostromo.lrde.epita.fr>
- Reply-to: Paul Smith <psmith at nortelnetworks dot com>
%% Akim Demaille <akim@epita.fr> writes:
>>>> "Andreas" == Andreas Schwab <schwab@suse.de> writes:
>> Untested code ahead.
>> m4_syscmd([test -f build.sh.in])dnl
>> m4_if(m4_sysval, 0, [AC_CONFIG_FILES(build.sh)])
ad> Bad idea: side effects are incompatible with the (autom4te) cache.
ad> If the environment changes but not the sources of configure, it
ad> won't be regenerated. Similarly with what Automake needs to
ad> trace.
OK :-(.
I need a way to have a file marked as a config file, but not have
configure (or automake) fail if the .in input file doesn't exist.
How can I do this?
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