[AXIS2C-1459] dist-hook in top Makefile.am removes .svn

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Won't Fix
• Affects Version/s: 1.6.0
• Component/s: build system (Unix/Linux)
• Labels: automake build subversion
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Olivier Mengué
• Created: 04/Mar/10 10:12
• Updated: 07/Apr/20 17:44
• Resolved: 04/Mar/10 13:31

Description

The top Makefile.am contains the following lines:

dist-hook:
rm -rf `find $(distdir)/ -type d -name .svn`
...

This makes the process of creating patches of the build system unnecessary harder, as it requires to have a separate checkout elsewhere.

I understand the need to avoid to have .svn directory in releases archives. But the problem may be at a higher level: releases should not be made from an 'svn checkout' but instead from an 'svn export' with controlled revision number (a release tag), to avoid making a package using files which are missing from the repository.

So please remove the 'rm .svn' line.