Re: [PATCH] make make dist work without making first

[Raja R Harinath <harinath cs umn edu>]

Hi,

jacob berkman <jacob ximian com> writes:
> this patch was required for me to be able to make dist without distcheck
> or building initially.
[snip]
> --- gobject/Makefile.am	2001/09/25 06:03:22	1.40
> +++ gobject/Makefile.am	2001/10/01 22:28:54
> @@ -14,6 +14,9 @@
> 
>  libglib = $(top_builddir)/glib/libglib-1.3.la
> 
> +$(libglib):
> +	$(MAKE) -C $(top_builddir)/glib

Sorry for being dense, but why is this necessary?  

The toplevel Makefile lists 'glib' before 'gobject' -- so $(libglib)
must have already been built and up-to-date by the time this Makefile
is invoked.

- Hari
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