Tweak the dist target.

diff --git a/po/ChangeLog b/po/ChangeLog
index d91bf15e4edca3688436eb0917662992b52e292d..8a0e8361c5ca67e5bec6dc1bb1f0434d252f4a9e 100644 (file)
--- a/po/ChangeLog
+++ b/po/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2000-11-10  Bruno Haible  <haible@clisp.cons.org>
+
+       * po/Makefile.in.in (dist, distdir): Don't use 'ln' (which was just a
+       space optimization anyway) to populate $(distdir).  Otherwise, the
+       dist rules that change permissions end up affecting the master
+       sources.  From Jim Meyering  <meyering@ascend.com>.
+
 2000-11-09  Bruno Haible  <haible@clisp.cons.org>
 
        * tr.po: New file.

diff --git a/po/Makefile.in.in b/po/Makefile.in.in
index 3a63bfe9e8aa08edec4541d1bdef6e8fd37c706f..c34b98f3029e96b0e79c6beb948d4d0b10831a58 100644 (file)
--- a/po/Makefile.in.in
+++ b/po/Makefile.in.in
@@ -192,8 +192,7 @@ dist distdir: $(DISTFILES)
        $(MAKE) update-po
        dists="$(DISTFILES)"; \
        for file in $$dists; do \
-         ln $(srcdir)/$$file $(distdir) 2> /dev/null \
-           || cp -p $(srcdir)/$$file $(distdir); \
+         cp -p $(srcdir)/$$file $(distdir); \
        done
 
 update-po: Makefile