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| author | Karl Berry <karl@gnu.org> | 2013-01-03 16:09:23 -0700 |
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| committer | Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com> | 2013-01-04 01:07:30 +0100 |
| commit | 5df23a7accb0e82109898f02818c2f65a0bb7b91 (patch) | |
| tree | 9b589b0efc1c867d7b1ec13973ae527b95b9f49e /doc | |
| parent | 6a67b29744ba72ff9ed6a12349a65b1e4a23f3a6 (diff) | |
| download | automake-5df23a7accb0e82109898f02818c2f65a0bb7b91.tar.gz | |
docs: mention dist-hook help for EXTRA_DIST
* automake.texi (Basics of Distribution): mention dist-hook
as working around the problems of whole directories in EXTRA_DIST.
Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/automake.texi | 4 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/doc/automake.texi b/doc/automake.texi index e53a2e511..8ace5e5e0 100644 --- a/doc/automake.texi +++ b/doc/automake.texi @@ -8418,7 +8418,9 @@ You can also mention a directory in @code{EXTRA_DIST}; in this case the entire directory will be recursively copied into the distribution. Please note that this will also copy @emph{everything} in the directory, including, e.g., Subversion's @file{.svn} private directories or CVS/RCS -version control files. We recommend against using this feature. +version control files; thus we recommend against using this feature +as-is. However, you can use the @code{dist-hook} feature to +ameliorate the problem; @pxref{The dist Hook}. @vindex SUBDIRS @vindex DIST_SUBDIRS |