From 01833933f05adafa699fe471660330805bd62388 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alexandre Duret-Lutz <adl@gnu.org>
Date: Wed, 5 Dec 2001 17:13:39 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] * automake.in (handle_dist): Distribute common files which do
 not exist but are target of a Makefile rule. * automake.texi (Dist): Update.
 * test/builtcommon3.test: New file. * test/Makefile.am (TESTS): Add
 distcommon3.test.

---
 ChangeLog              |  8 ++++++++
 automake.in            |  4 +++-
 automake.texi          |  5 +++--
 tests/Makefile.am      |  1 +
 tests/Makefile.in      |  1 +
 tests/distcommon3.test | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++++
 6 files changed, 39 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
 create mode 100755 tests/distcommon3.test

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 4d85c720..163e0cc0 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+2001-12-05  Alexandre Duret-Lutz  <duret_g@epita.fr>
+
+	* automake.in (handle_dist): Distribute common files which
+	do not exist but are target of a Makefile rule.
+	* automake.texi (Dist): Update.
+	* test/builtcommon3.test: New file.
+	* test/Makefile.am (TESTS): Add distcommon3.test.
+
 2001-12-04  Alexandre Duret-Lutz  <duret_g@epita.fr>
 
 	* automake.in (macro_define): Fix misuse of chomp introduced on
diff --git a/automake.in b/automake.in
index 2f6092ed..7f075c85 100755
--- a/automake.in
+++ b/automake.in
@@ -3375,7 +3375,9 @@ sub handle_dist
     }
     foreach my $cfile (@common_files)
     {
-	if (-f ($relative_dir . "/" . $cfile))
+	if (-f ($relative_dir . "/" . $cfile)
+	    # The file might be absent, but if it can be built it's ok.
+	    || exists $targets{$cfile})
 	{
 	    &push_dist_common ($cfile);
 	}
diff --git a/automake.texi b/automake.texi
index 7f1d8f51..1682e9e8 100644
--- a/automake.texi
+++ b/automake.texi
@@ -3600,8 +3600,9 @@ is run.  The default setting is @samp{--best}.
 For the most part, the files to distribute are automatically found by
 Automake: all source files are automatically included in a distribution,
 as are all @file{Makefile.am}s and @file{Makefile.in}s.  Automake also
-has a built-in list of commonly used files which, if present in the
-current directory, are automatically included.  This list is printed by
+has a built-in list of commonly used files which are automatically
+included if they are found in the current directory (either physically,
+or as the target of a @file{Makefile.am} rule).  This list is printed by
 @samp{automake --help}.  Also, files which are read by @code{configure}
 (i.e. the source files corresponding to the files specified in the
 @code{AC_OUTPUT} invocation) are automatically distributed.
diff --git a/tests/Makefile.am b/tests/Makefile.am
index a03a8668..22b21dd8 100644
--- a/tests/Makefile.am
+++ b/tests/Makefile.am
@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@ dirname.test \
 discover.test \
 distcommon.test \
 distcommon2.test \
+distcommon3.test \
 distdir.test \
 distname.test \
 double.test \
diff --git a/tests/Makefile.in b/tests/Makefile.in
index 4f97e86a..b453462b 100644
--- a/tests/Makefile.in
+++ b/tests/Makefile.in
@@ -191,6 +191,7 @@ dirname.test \
 discover.test \
 distcommon.test \
 distcommon2.test \
+distcommon3.test \
 distdir.test \
 distname.test \
 double.test \
diff --git a/tests/distcommon3.test b/tests/distcommon3.test
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..f093b107
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/distcommon3.test
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+#! /bin/sh
+
+# Test to make sure that non-existing common files are distributed
+# if they are buildable.
+
+. $srcdir/defs || exit 1
+
+cat > Makefile.am << 'END'
+README:
+	echo 'I bet you are reading me.' > README
+END
+
+$ACLOCAL || exit 1
+$AUTOMAKE || exit 1
+
+sed -n -e '/^DIST_COMMON =.*\\$/ {
+   :loop
+   p
+   n
+   /\\$/ b loop
+   p
+   n
+   }' -e '/^DIST_COMMON =/ p' Makefile.in | grep README || exit 1
-- 
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