From: Karl Berry Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2013 23:09:23 +0000 (-0700) Subject: docs: mention dist-hook help for EXTRA_DIST X-Git-Tag: v1.13b~141 X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=5df23a7accb0e82109898f02818c2f65a0bb7b91;p=thirdparty%2Fautomake.git docs: mention dist-hook help for EXTRA_DIST * automake.texi (Basics of Distribution): mention dist-hook as working around the problems of whole directories in EXTRA_DIST. Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini --- diff --git a/doc/automake.texi b/doc/automake.texi index e53a2e511..8ace5e5e0 100644 --- a/doc/automake.texi +++ b/doc/automake.texi @@ -8418,7 +8418,9 @@ You can also mention a directory in @code{EXTRA_DIST}; in this case the entire directory will be recursively copied into the distribution. Please note that this will also copy @emph{everything} in the directory, including, e.g., Subversion's @file{.svn} private directories or CVS/RCS -version control files. We recommend against using this feature. +version control files; thus we recommend against using this feature +as-is. However, you can use the @code{dist-hook} feature to +ameliorate the problem; @pxref{The dist Hook}. @vindex SUBDIRS @vindex DIST_SUBDIRS