* Makefile.am ($(srcdir)/headers.mk): Do not recurse on rule regen-dist and inline its action instead. --- milena/ChangeLog | 7 +++++++ milena/Makefile.am | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++-- 2 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/milena/ChangeLog b/milena/ChangeLog index 9ff0c15..79da1c0 100644 --- a/milena/ChangeLog +++ b/milena/ChangeLog @@ -1,5 +1,12 @@ 2009-05-26 Roland Levillain &lt;roland(a)lrde.epita.fr&gt; + Get rid of an infinite recursion in Milena's Makefile. + + * Makefile.am ($(srcdir)/headers.mk): Do not recurse on + rule regen-dist and inline its action instead. + +2009-05-26 Roland Levillain &lt;roland(a)lrde.epita.fr&gt; + Fix the regeneration of headers.mk from Makefile. * Makefile.am (regen-dist): Do not make headers.mk read-only, diff --git a/milena/Makefile.am b/milena/Makefile.am index 2fc5ec9..30cf50a 100644 --- a/milena/Makefile.am +++ b/milena/Makefile.am @@ -28,13 +28,32 @@ tools: .PHONY: regen-dist regen-dist: cd $(srcdir) && ./generate_dist_headers.sh +EXTRA_DIST = generate_dist_headers.sh +# We do not delegate the action of regenerating `headers.mk' to +# `regen-dist' like this: +# +# $(MAKE) $(AM_MAKEFLAGS) regen-dist +# +# to avoid an infinite recursion, since +# +# - the generation of `headers.mk' would trigger the update +# (regeneration) of `Makefile' (due to the behavior of Automade +# Makefiles); +# +# and because +# +# - `Makefile' depends on `headers.mk' (because of the `include' +# statement); and +# - `headers.mk' depends on `generate_dist_headers.sh'. +# +# Hence the redundant action. There may be a better solution. + # FIXME: Change generate_dist_headers.sh so that the action looks like this: # # $< $@.tmp && mv -f $@.tmp $@ && chmod -w $@ # -EXTRA_DIST = generate_dist_headers.sh $(srcdir)/headers.mk: $(srcdir)/generate_dist_headers.sh - $(MAKE) $(AM_MAKEFLAGS) regen-dist + cd $(srcdir) && ./generate_dist_headers.sh include $(srcdir)/headers.mk -- 1.6.1.2