Re: [bug-mailutils] build fails if builddir is not srcdir (diff included)

[Ivan Shmakov]

>>>>> "SP" == Sergey Poznyakoff <address@hidden> writes:

 >> It's my mistake.  Of course, it gets generated at /compile/ time.

 >> Appropriate rule could be found in
 >> mailutils/include/mailutils/Makefile.am:

 SP> Nope, this rule works only if errno.h is absent or outdated. In
 SP> normal distributions it's a no-op.

        Why not to change rule as follows?

$(srcdir)/errno.h: $(top_srcdir)/mailbox/errors errno.hin
        $(AWK) -f $(top_srcdir)/scripts/generr.awk $^ > $@

 >> It was a CVS version, if that matters.

 SP> Sure it does. The first make of CVS version must be performed in
 SP> the source directory.

        Why not to emphasize it in README-alpha?