Re: [libvirt] [PATCH] build: drop files generated by config.status from tarball

On Fri, May 6, 2011 at 11:25 AM, Eric Blake <eblake(a)redhat.com&gt; wrote: > The rule of thumb is that any file generated by config.status > is a) reproducible by any user, b) dependent on configure options. > Therefore, it is inappropriate to include such generated files > in the tarball (for proof, Makefile is generated from Makefile.in; > the former is not in the tarball while the latter is). > > * Makefile.am (EXTRA_DIST): Remove files covered by AC_OUTPUT. > --- > > Tested with 'make distcheck'. ACK, this patch is correct to achieve the desired results.