Re: EXTRA_DIST and external or outside directories

[Alexandre Duret-Lutz]

>>> "jling" == jling  <address@hidden> writes:

 jling> Is there a way to include a directory which is external or outside of 
 jling> the $(top_srcdir) and which is not involved in the build process?

Only in sub-packages, when that "external" directory can be
regarded as "internal" for an enclosing package.

In other words: generally you can't.

`make dist' creates tarball that extracts to a single directory
(named PACKAGE-VERSION).  EXTRA_DISTing external directory would
require multi-directory tarballs.

[...]

 jling> Is there a work around?

You could move --or link-- these directories into your source tree.
-- 
Alexandre Duret-Lutz