Re: "make distcheck" vs. EXTRA_DIST files made during "make dist"

[Alexandre Duret-Lutz]

>>> "Greg" == Greg A Woods <address@hidden> writes:

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 Greg> I've encountered a problem with "make distcheck" which
 Greg> now trips over files created during the "make dist"
 Greg> process but which are not checked in as part of the
 Greg> source repository.

Not exactly.  `make distcheck' exercizes your fresh tarball and
complains about files created in the build tree (including when
during `make dist') but not erased by `make distclean'.

Usually this reveals weird dependencies.  The files that you
distribute should be up-to-date in the tarball and thus they
should not need to be rebuilt.

So, why are your files rebuilt at all?  
Could you post a larger excerpt?

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Alexandre Duret-Lutz