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@@ -1,7 +1,14 @@
Priorities for release:
-* automake can't run on itself!!! write test for this one
+
+* mkinstalldirs, install-sh don't appear in dist!
+ ref autosystem. make test case here.
+ (put extra rule at end of Makefile to print EXTRA_DIST?)
+
+* use Henrik's dist-zip rule
* ansi2knr.c needs STDC_HEADERS and HAVE_STRING_H
+ [ I've asked François about this. The change should probably
+ be in the fp_C_PROTOTYPES macro ]
* Add way to tell automake that `configure' has unknown dependencies
@@ -14,6 +21,15 @@ Consider: "cvs" option adds some cvs-specific rules?
Consider adding an option that statically rewrites @MAINT@ to "#M#".
+
+Automake and Cygnus: info target separate from all. Always make
+install-info target. install-info separate from install.
+
+Automake: should EXTRA_DIST files be statically findable?
+
+Automake: devo/inet/Makefile.am has "all-local". "install" depends on
+"all", but the local installs get run before the stuff in "all". Gross.
+
Right now, targets generated internally (eg "install") are not
overridable by user code. This should probably be possible, even
though it isn't very important. This could be done by generating all
@@ -190,7 +206,7 @@ some support for this. Here are some of the issues:
* Should handle AC_CONFIG_SUBDIRS, ie must handle configure.in in subdirs
* Must handle SUBDIRS in subdir Makefile.am's
-These can both be handled via dist-local:
+These can both be handled via dist-hook:
. Consider supporting guile-style PLUGIN directories automatically?
. Consider allowing eg "foo/bar" to appear in EXTRA_DIST, and generating
code to make directory foo at dist time
@@ -237,6 +253,12 @@ need xref to libtool in docs
document how to use Automake with CVS. Idea from Mark Galassi. Also
include Greg Woods' more sophisticated "cvs-dist" target.
+document that there is no uninstall-{exec,data}
+
+document rebuilding configure. CONFIGURE_DEPENDENCIES
+
+document TAGS_DEPENDENCIES
+
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