[Emacs-bug-tracker] bug#9242: closed (distcheck fails when having TEST in sub-directory)

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> distcheck fails when having TEST in sub-directory
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> Thu, 4 Aug 2011 13:53:37 -0400
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> Hello automakers,
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> I have a non-recursive Makefile.am but keep the tests in sub-directory named test. Surprisingly distcheck fails for me with this set up, which to me seems to be caused by some VPATH issue. 
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> Below is a trimmed down test case that fails for me with 
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> make  check-TESTS
> make[2]: *** No rule to make target `test/foo.test', needed by `check-TESTS'.  Stop.
> make[1]: *** [check-am] Error 2
> make: *** [distcheck] Error 1
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> cat > configure.ac <<EOF
> AC_INIT([foo], [1])
> AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([foreign])
> AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile])
> AC_OUTPUT
> EOF
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> cat > Makefile.am <<EOF
> TEST_EXTENSIONS = .test
> TESTS = test/foo.test
> EOF
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> mkdir -p test
> cat > test/foo.test <<EOF
> echo hello world
> exit 0
> EOF
> chmod 755 test/foo.test
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> autoreconf -ivf
> ./configure
> make all
> make check
> make distcheck
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> Is this a bug or am I doing something wrong?
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> I'm using Automake 1.11.1
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> Thanks,
> Peter
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> On Friday 05 August 2011, Stefano Lattarini wrote:
> > On Thursday 04 August 2011, Peter Johansson wrote:
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> > > cat > Makefile.am <<EOF
> > > TEST_EXTENSIONS = .test
> > > TESTS = test/foo.test
> > > EOF
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> > You've forgotten to add $(TESTS) to $(EXTRA_DIST) here:
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> >   EXTRA_DIST = $(TESTS)
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> > If you add the above line to your Makefile.am (both the reduced one
> > and the original one), does you problem disappear?  If yes, I'll
> > close this bug report.
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> No further reply from Peter, so I assume my diagnosis was correct and
> the issue has been solved.  Peter, feel free to re-open the report if
> this is not the case,
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> Regards,
>   Stefano
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