[libvirt] [PATCH] build: drop files generated by config.status from tarball

Doug Goldstein cardoe at gentoo.org
Fri May 6 16:59:17 UTC 2011


On Fri, May 6, 2011 at 11:25 AM, Eric Blake <eblake at redhat.com> wrote:
> The rule of thumb is that any file generated by config.status
> is a) reproducible by any user, b) dependent on configure options.
> Therefore, it is inappropriate to include such generated files
> in the tarball (for proof, Makefile is generated from Makefile.in;
> the former is not in the tarball while the latter is).
>
> * Makefile.am (EXTRA_DIST): Remove files covered by AC_OUTPUT.
> ---
>
> Tested with 'make distcheck'.
>
>  Makefile.am |    4 ++--
>  1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
> index 0b4ae9d..ecc7435 100644
> --- a/Makefile.am
> +++ b/Makefile.am
> @@ -16,9 +16,9 @@ XML_EXAMPLES = \
>
>  EXTRA_DIST = \
>   ChangeLog-old \
> -  libvirt.spec libvirt.spec.in \
> +  libvirt.spec.in \
>   mingw32-libvirt.spec.in \
> -  libvirt.pc libvirt.pc.in \
> +  libvirt.pc.in \
>   autobuild.sh \
>   Makefile.nonreentrant \
>   autogen.sh \
> --
> 1.7.4.4
>
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ACK, this patch is correct to achieve the desired results.

-- 
Doug Goldstein




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