Re: CVS automake testsuite failures

[Akim Demaille]

|  Nicolas> It seems to be make/VPATH problem :
| 
|  Nicolas> address@hidden [tmp/make]> mkdir -p foo/bar
|  Nicolas> address@hidden [tmp/make]> mkdir build      
|  Nicolas> address@hidden [tmp/make]> cd build
|  Nicolas> address@hidden [make/build]> cat > Makefile << _EOF_
|  Nicolas> VPATH=..
|  Nicolas> all: foo/bar
|  Nicolas> _EOF_
|  Nicolas> address@hidden [make/build]> make
|  Nicolas> mkdir foo
|  Nicolas> mkdir foo/bar
| 
| Bleah.  Maybe we could live with this and teach distdir how to
| merge the two directories, i.e., install all the files from
| $(srcdir)/foo/ in $(distdir) and overwrite them with all the
| files from $(builddir)/foo/.  We discussed this in the past, but
| it seemed useless.  Now we have a case where it would be helpful
| (although $(builddir)/foo/ is empty).
| 
| http://mail.gnu.org/pipermail/automake-patches/2001-November/000425.html

People, this is really the kind of knowledge that ought to be compiled
in autoconf.texi.  Please, do it while it is clear in your minds, and
while you have the perfect snippet to demonstrate the point.