[ANNOUNCE] xf86-input-kbd 1.2.0
Alan Coopersmith
alan.coopersmith at sun.com
Mon Nov 6 13:29:35 PST 2006
Matthieu Herrb wrote:
> Daniel Stone wrote:
>> On Sat, Nov 04, 2006 at 08:04:08PM +0100, Arkadiusz Miskiewicz wrote:
>>> On Saturday 04 November 2006 19:49, Daniel Stone wrote:
>>>> No, because there is no changelog file; it needs to be generated out of
>>>> git, which is problematic.
>>> Will rule below work for you?
>>>
>>> EXTRA_DIST = ChangeLog
>>>
>>> dist-hook:
>>> git-log-something > $(distdir)/ChangeLog
>>>
>>> and make dist will run the hook
>> I think we had that one originally, and it was problematic for some
>> reason.
>
> Yes, it makes 'make dist' and make 'distcheck' when using a build
> directory that isn't a sub-directory of the sources. But since all
> attempts to write a rule that works in all cases failed, this one is the
> one that sucks the less.
make dist & make distcheck can even work in other directories with the
above rule if you setenv GITDIR manually to a git directory first.
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-Alan Coopersmith- alan.coopersmith at sun.com
Sun Microsystems, Inc. - X Window System Engineering
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