I've attempted to construct a patch [attached] following my own suggestion :), to create a new variable to allow overriding the "make dvi" which is done as part of distcheck with another target. I named the variable AM_DISTCHECK_DVI_TARGET (if something else seems better, fine). The actual functional change is one line, in distdir.am:
- && $(MAKE) $(AM_MAKEFLAGS) dvi \ + && $(MAKE) $(AM_MAKEFLAGS) $(AM_DISTCHECK_DVI_TARGET) \ All else is overhead. My biggest question is about naming. I simply AM_DISTCHECK_DVI_TARGET = dvi for the default also in distdir.am. This necessitated adding it to the list of AM_* variables allowed to be defined, in Variable.pm: - (AM_MAKEINFOHTMLFLAGS => 1, + (AM_DISTCHECK_DVI_TARGET => 1, + AM_MAKEINFOHTMLFLAGS => 1, Would it be better to use a separate variable, like am__distcheck_dvi_target? But then how to know if the user has defined AM_DISTCHECK_DVI_TARGET? Of course any and all comments welcome ... Jim? Anyone? --thanks, karl.
distcheck-dvi.patch
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