[Xapian-tickets] [Xapian] #226: Distcheck is broken due to missing rule for documentation files

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#226: Distcheck is broken due to missing rule for documentation files
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 Reporter:  richard       |        Owner:  richard 
     Type:  defect        |       Status:  closed  
 Priority:  normal        |    Milestone:  1.0.7   
Component:  Build system  |      Version:  SVN HEAD
 Severity:  normal        |   Resolution:  fixed   
 Keywords:                |    Blockedby:          
 Platform:  All           |     Blocking:          
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Changes (by richard):

  * status:  assigned => closed
  * resolution:  => fixed
  * milestone:  => 1.0.7


Old description:

> If I run "make distcheck", the "distdir" step in the generated
> distribution
> fails for me:
>
> make[1]: Entering directory
> `/home/richard/private/Working/xapian/working/build/xapian-core/docs'
> make[1]: *** No rule to make target `apidoc/html/*.gif', needed by
> `distdir'. Stop.
>
> This appears to have been a problem since revision 9747: see the
> following link
> for the details of what changed there:
>
> http://svn.xapian.org/trunk/xapian-core/docs/Makefile.am?r1=9650&r2=9747
>
> The problem is that there is no rule to generate the *.gif files (or any
> of the
> other files in apidoc/html/ except for index.html).  In a built tree,
> "make
> dist" succeeds because the files will be generated by earlier build
> steps, but
> in the distcheck tree these earlier build steps aren't raised.
>
> I think the cleanest fix is probably to revert revision 9747, and instead
> make a
> dist-hook rule or something similar to clean up the copied directory in
> the target.
>
> The complete error log leading up to this can be seen in the buildbot:
> eg, at
> http://localhost:8010/xapian_head_clean_linux_amd64/builds/156/step-
> distcheck/0
> if you have the usual ssh tunnel to buildbot running.

New description:

 If I run "make distcheck", the "distdir" step in the generated
 distribution
 fails for me:

 make[1]: Entering directory
 `/home/richard/private/Working/xapian/working/build/xapian-core/docs'
 make[1]: *** No rule to make target `apidoc/html/*.gif', needed by
 `distdir'. Stop.

 This appears to have been a problem since revision 9747: see the following
 link
 for the details of what changed there:

 http://svn.xapian.org/trunk/xapian-core/docs/Makefile.am?r1=9650&r2=9747

 The problem is that there is no rule to generate the *.gif files (or any
 of the
 other files in apidoc/html/ except for index.html).  In a built tree,
 "make
 dist" succeeds because the files will be generated by earlier build steps,
 but
 in the distcheck tree these earlier build steps aren't raised.

 I think the cleanest fix is probably to revert revision 9747, and instead
 make a
 dist-hook rule or something similar to clean up the copied directory in
 the target.

 The complete error log leading up to this can be seen in the buildbot: eg,
 at
 http://localhost:8010/xapian_head_clean_linux_amd64/builds/156/step-
 distcheck/0
 if you have the usual ssh tunnel to buildbot running.

--

Comment:

 Fixed in changeset [10462].  (distcheck is still broken, but it gets past
 the problem with the documentation files).

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