>>> "Braden" == Braden McDaniel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

 Braden> I have this rule in my Makefile.am:
 Braden> install-data-local:
 Braden>        $(mkinstalldirs) $(docdir)/manual
 Braden>        $(INSTALL_DATA) $(srcdir)/manual/* $(docdir)/manual

 Braden> This breaks the "distcheck" target; because apparently
 Braden> distcheck's _inst directory is not writable when this
 Braden> rule is run.
[...]
 Braden> Why is _inst not writable? 

This allows distcheck to catch user rules that do not honor $(DESTDIR).
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Alexandre Duret-Lutz



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