From 3863cbd7ebea12981e551bb5c7a70998b118688d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tom Tromey Date: Mon, 7 May 2001 04:41:51 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] * automake.texi (Dist): Document distcheck-hook. --- ChangeLog | 2 ++ automake.texi | 9 ++++++++- 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog index 8e308c771..3d1d030a3 100644 --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -1,5 +1,7 @@ 2001-05-06 Tom Tromey + * automake.texi (Dist): Document distcheck-hook. + * tests/confh4.test: Updated to reflect DEFS change. For PR automake/132. diff --git a/automake.texi b/automake.texi index 724eb8140..0693c928f 100644 --- a/automake.texi +++ b/automake.texi @@ -3049,7 +3049,14 @@ to ensure that a given distribution will actually work. @code{distcheck} makes a distribution, and then tries to do a @code{VPATH} build. @trindex distcheck -@c FIXME: document distcheck-hook here + +If the target @code{distcheck-hook} is defined in your +@file{Makefile.am}, then it will be invoked by @code{distcheck} after +the new distribution has been unpacked, but before the unpacked copy is +configured and built. Your @code{distcheck-hook} can do almost +anything, though as always caution is advised. Generally this hook is +used to check for potential distribution errors not caught by the +standard mechanism. @node Tests, Options, Dist, Top -- 2.47.2