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[Bug java/16365] fastjar.info is created in the source directory
- From: "jsm at polyomino dot org dot uk" <gcc-bugzilla at gcc dot gnu dot org>
- To: gcc-bugs at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: 5 Jul 2004 08:21:31 -0000
- Subject: [Bug java/16365] fastjar.info is created in the source directory
- References: <20040705034654.16365.zack@gcc.gnu.org>
- Reply-to: gcc-bugzilla at gcc dot gnu dot org
------- Additional Comments From jsm at polyomino dot org dot uk 2004-07-05 08:21 -------
Subject: Re: New: fastjar.info is created in the source
directory
On Mon, 5 Jul 2004, zack at gcc dot gnu dot org wrote:
> The fastjar Makefile creates fastjar.info in the source directory. This is
> wrong. It should be written to the build directory, and copied back to the
> source directory by the release scripts. (Why? So you can have a read-only
> source tree. Also, so it doesn't show up obnoxiously in cvs update output.)
The undocumented workaround to automake's desire to put info files in the
source directory is to list them in CLEANFILES which will make automake
generate rules that put them in the build directory instead.
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