fastjar/Makefile.in is generated by a bad automake

[H . J . Lu]

On Wed, Feb 21, 2001 at 09:11:30PM +0100, Gabriel Dos Reis wrote:
> "H . J . Lu" <hjl@valinux.com> writes:
> 
> | I believe fastjar/Makefile.in is generated by a bad automake. I
> | noticed the same problem years ago in binutils. Around line 325,
> | there
> | 
> | 	@for file in $(DISTFILES); do \
> | 	  d=$(srcdir); \
> | 	  if test -d $$d/$$file; then \
> | 	    cp -pr $$/$$file $(distdir)/$$file; \
> | 		   ^^^
> | 
> | I believe we fixed it in binutils with a good automake. Whoever
> | is checking in fastjar/Makefile.in should get a newer automake.
> 
> Actually, the problem is in automake-1.4.  I see that all the time in
> the V3-land -- I need to correct it by hand.  I don't know which
> version of automake is recommended, but every time I try a CVS source
> it randomly works...
> 

automake-1.4-8 from RedHat 7.1 beta seems ok. Also I used the one
Ian put up for binutils:

ftp://sourceware.cygnus.com/pub/binutils/automake-000227.tar.bz2


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H.J. Lu (hjl@valinux.com)