From: Karl Berry <k...@gnu.org>
* automake.texi (Basics of Distribution): mention dist-hook
as working around the problems of whole directories in EXTRA_DIST.
---
I didn't mind taking 3 minutes to convert this into a git commit.
doc/automake.texi | 4 +++-
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/doc/automake.texi b/doc/automake.texi
index e53a2e5..193a84a 100644
--- a/doc/automake.texi
+++ b/doc/automake.texi
@@ -8418,7 +8418,9 @@ Basics of Distribution
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; @xref{The dist Hook}.
@vindex SUBDIRS
@vindex DIST_SUBDIRS
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1.8.0.2
