Re: auto* pre-configure process

[Jeff Bailey]

On Wed, Feb 07, 2001 at 12:11:14AM +0100, Danny Backx wrote:

=)  I've had that problem.

`make dist' takes care of that too... ;)

> Aargh - yes. I really meant to say "automake -a -c".
> 
> Not using the -c (or --copy) is fine for personal use. It sometimes bites
> you if you distribute stuff based on it (tar stores symlinks, not the
> files they refer to) so I took the habit of using -c at all times.
> 
>       Danny
> 
> Jeff Bailey wrote:
> > On Tue, Feb 06, 2001 at 11:39:51PM +0100, Danny Backx wrote:
> > 
> > I tend to use automake -a.  It them symlinks everything instead of making
> > copies.
> > 
> > > Try the --copy option of automake. That'll solve the missing files issue.
> 
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