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From: Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org>
To: bug-gnulib@gnu.org
Cc: Mathieu Lirzin <mthl@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: Trying to bootstrap my project, distcheck doesn't configure
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2020 00:53:01 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <2357683.mymbEOZtgl@omega> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3d79d3ef-2a5c-c122-09aa-dd55ad460c3b@gnu.org>

Hi Bruce,

It would help if you would give a pointer to the source code you are
trying to bootstrap. Because a single line in Makefile.am or configure.ac
can have a big effect.

> >>> do_not_make_me_la_SOURCES += timespec.c
> >>> do_not_make_me_la_SOURCES += unistd.c
> >> which trigger error messages that I can get around by hacking in dummy
> >> initial assignments, but I'm guessing that's not the intended
> >> method. I need a clue, please? Thank you.
> 
> It seems that gnulib-tool inserts these into my Makefile.am, but doesn't 
> insert the initial plain assignment. I have no idea what new ones may 
> crop up

It is documented here:
https://www.gnu.org/software/gnulib/manual/html_node/Modified-build-rules.html

Bruno



  reply	other threads:[~2020-09-14 22:53 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <CAKRnqNLXD7waxPm7h=5S2-HkAe9WMVsLDtCuNrOFy_eyJZeZBQ@mail.gmail.com>
     [not found] ` <56102afd-8924-3338-722f-da03e590dd63@gnu.org>
     [not found]   ` <87d02ob434.fsf@herbrand>
2020-09-14 21:11     ` Trying to bootstrap my project, distcheck doesn't configure Bruce Korb
2020-09-14 22:53       ` Bruno Haible [this message]
2020-09-15 14:16         ` Bruce Korb
2020-09-18 15:58           ` gc-pbkdf2-sha1 is deprecated Bruce Korb
2020-09-18 16:32             ` Bruno Haible
2020-09-21 22:49               ` Bruce Korb
2020-09-22 15:04                 ` Bruce Korb
2020-09-22 17:03                   ` Bruno Haible
2020-09-23 16:55                     ` gc-pbkdf2-sha1 must not be deprecated Bruce Korb

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