October 2000
Intermediate to advanced
432 pages
9h 9m
English
Note that currently Automake enables you to make a distribution when maintainer mode is off, or when you do not have all the required maintainer tools. That is, you can make a subtly broken distribution if you are motivated or unlucky. This will be addressed in a future version of Automake.
Best Practice
Earlier I recommended the use of make before make dist or make distcheck. This practice ensures that all the generated files are newer than their inputs. It also solves some problems related to dependency tracking (see Chapter 18, "Advanced GNU Automake Usage").
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