Re: FYI: 8-gary-obstack-portability.patch

[Akim Demaille]

| Index: m4/Makefile.am
| ===================================================================
| RCS file: /cvsroot/m4/m4/m4/Makefile.am,v
| retrieving revision 1.10
| diff -u -p -u -r1.10 Makefile.am
| --- m4/Makefile.am 2001/09/01 20:05:27 1.10
| +++ m4/Makefile.am 2001/09/06 20:11:40
| @@ -25,12 +25,13 @@ MODULE_PATH               = $(pkglibexecdir)
|  pkgincdir            = $(includedir)/@PACKAGE@
|  
|  LDFLAGS      = -no-undefined -export-dynamic
| -INCLUDES     = -I$(top_srcdir) -I$(top_srcdir)/src @INTLINCL@
| +INCLUDES     = -I$(top_builddir) -I$(top_srcdir) \

Why -I$(top_srcdir)?  config.h is not there.

| +               -I$(top_builddir)/src -I$(top_srcdir)/src @INTLINCL@
|  
|  include_HEADERS      = m4module.h
|  noinst_HEADERS       = m4private.h
|  pkginc_HEADERS       = error.h hash.h ltdl.h regex.h system.h @OBSTACK_H@
| -EXTRA_HEADERS        = gnu-obstack.h
| +EXTRA_HEADERS        = system-h.in gnu-obstack.h
|  
|  EXTRA_DIST = $(EXTRA_HEADERS) obstack.c
|  
| @@ -44,3 +45,7 @@ libm4_la_LIBADD             = @LTLIBOBJS@ @LIBADD_D
|  module.o module.lo: $(srcdir)/module.c pathconf.h
|  pathconf.h: Makefile
|       @echo "#define MODULE_PATH \"${MODULE_PATH}\"" > pathconf.h
| +
| +# This file needs to be regenerated at configure time.
| +dist-hook:
| +     rm -f $(distdir)/system.h

I don't understand why it's hook on dist.  Doesn't using 

   nodist_pkginc_HEADERS = system.h  @OBSTACK_H@
   dist_pkginc_HEADERS = error.h hash.h ltdl.h regex.h

fix the issue?