Re: guile-snarf writes to $srcdir, which is not kosher

[Thien-Thi Nguyen]

   From: Marius Vollmer <address@hidden>
   Date: 08 Apr 2002 00:55:38 +0200

   Sigh, I've seen this coming...

   guile-snarf writes its $cleanfile into the $srcdir, which is not a
   supported thing to do during a VPATH build.

looks like some coding cowboy should've figured out what kind of builds
are to be supported before doing this kind of thing.  (sorry for that.)
what is a "VPATH build", specifically?  what other kinds of builds are
there?

   (This was uncovered by a simple "make distcheck", which thankfully
   write-protects the source directory.  I hope everybody uses "make
   distcheck" freely before checking in their changes, eh?)

you can do more than hope: why not write down some good tips under
workbook/build/ somewhere?

   [cleaning not required in the presence of SCM_MAGIC_SNARFER]

if you remove cleaning you need to promote SCM_MAGIC_SNARFER to required
status and document accordingly.

thi