Bruno Haible <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jim Meyering wrote: >> It sounds like the recent trend to remove uses of AC_LIBSOURCE >> (in favor of listing source file names in each module-file Files: section) >> is the reason for at least some of my missing dependencies. > > The removal of AC_LIBSOURCE was indeed a major change - for the better > (more flexibility - don't rely on hardcoded short-sighted automake built-in > magic).
It is inaccurate and uncharitable to call that automake work short-sighted. The problem is that development on that front seems to have stalled. Since that part of automake is incomplete, if you don't know the history, I can see how you would think it short-sighted. It is, of course, a good thing that gnulib-tool is filling the gap. > I fixed the missing dependencies: Thanks for working on that. However, that change breaks coreutils' build-from-bootstrap process: doc/Makefile.am:21: installing `build-aux/texinfo.tex' lib/gnulib.mk:21: automatically discovered file `alloca.c' should not be explicitly mentioned lib/Makefile.am:20: `lib/gnulib.mk' included from here lib/gnulib.mk:21: automatically discovered file `error.c' should not be explicitly mentioned lib/Makefile.am:20: `lib/gnulib.mk' included from here lib/gnulib.mk:21: automatically discovered file `lstat.c' should not be explicitly mentioned lib/Makefile.am:20: `lib/gnulib.mk' included from here lib/gnulib.mk:21: automatically discovered file `obstack.c' should not be explicitly mentioned lib/Makefile.am:20: `lib/gnulib.mk' included from here I'm using this fix: 2006-11-13 Jim Meyering <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * gnulib-tool (func_get_automake_snippet): Don't emit into a *_SOURCES definition any of the names that automake includes automatically: alloca.c, error.c, lstat.c, obstack.c. Index: gnulib-tool =================================================================== RCS file: /sources/gnulib/gnulib/gnulib-tool,v retrieving revision 1.194 diff -u -r1.194 gnulib-tool --- gnulib-tool 13 Nov 2006 12:35:41 -0000 1.194 +++ gnulib-tool 13 Nov 2006 15:37:07 -0000 @@ -984,6 +984,17 @@ sed_extract_c_files='/\.c$/p' extra_files=`echo "$extra_files" | sed -n -e "$sed_extract_c_files"` if test -n "$extra_files"; then + # Filter out file names that automake adds automatically, + # and that would otherwise provoke failure. + t= + for i in $extra_files; do + case $i in + alloca.c|error.c|lstat.c|obstack.c) ;; + *) t="$t$sp$i" ;; + esac + sp=' ' + done + extra_files=$t echo "EXTRA_lib_SOURCES +=" $extra_files echo fi