Re: [Libvir] [PATCH] avoid "make distcheck" failure
Daniel Veillard <veillard(a)redhat.com> wrote:
On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 07:27:00PM +0200, Jim Meyering wrote:
> "make distcheck" was failing. This fixes it:
>
> avoid "make distcheck" failure
> * docs/Makefile.am (EXTRA_DIST): Replace wildcards html/*.html
> and html/*.png the corresponding lists of file names.
Hum, that's still changing a bit.
All the more reason *not* to use wildcards.
For example we are likely to include the
HTML for the ocaml and ruby bindings as part of the distribution, and parts
of the graphic design, including images are gonna change.
Anyway I'm still wondering why using wildcards would break in principle,
any good reason to not use them ?
If fixing a failing "make distcheck" isn't a good enough reason,
take a look at the automake manual's section:
27.3 Why doesn't Automake support wildcards?
it gives several good reasons.
By the way, I made similar changes back in November.