Re: How to make tarballs?

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From: Nix
Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2000 00:00

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"Tim Haynes" <piglet@glutinous.custard.org> writes:

> Tom Tromey <tromey@cygnus.com> writes:
[package directories]
> > The GNU coding standards mandate this behavior, and a bunch of other
> > things as well.  Automake automates this process to the extent
> > possible.
> 
> That would explain that, then. Wahey!

See `make dist'; and `Managing Releases / Makefile Conventions /
Standard Targets' in the GNU coding standards. Note the difference
between installation targets, and pre/post-installation targets, and how
the `dist' target exploits that.

> I've probably got a bit of source to be compiling today... might as well
> have a blast at automake and friends.

autoconf, automake, and libtool are wonderful tools. I couldn't do much
without them, these days. (IMHO, of course.)

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From: Nix <$}xinix{$@esperi.demon.co.uk>
Subject: Re: How to make tarballs?
Date: 2000/03/26
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