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Cygnus Solutions has slightly different rules for how a
`Makefile.in' is to be constructed. Passing `--cygnus' to
automake will cause any generated `Makefile.in' to comply
with Cygnus rules.
Here are the precise effects of `--cygnus':
-
Info files are always created in the build directory, and not in the
source directory.
-
`texinfo.tex' is not required if a Texinfo source file is
specified. The assumption is that the file will be supplied, but in a
place that Automake cannot find. This assumption is an artifact of how
Cygnus packages are typically bundled.
-
`make dist' will look for files in the build directory as well as
the source directory. This is required to support putting info files
into the build directory.
-
Certain tools will be searched for in the build tree as well as in the
user's `PATH'. These tools are
runtest, expect,
makeinfo and texi2dvi.
-
--foreign is implied.
-
The options `no-installinfo' and `no-dependencies' are
implied.
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The macros `AM_MAINTAINER_MODE' and `AM_CYGWIN32' are
required.
-
The
check target doesn't depend on all.
GNU maintainers are advised to use `gnu' strictness in preference
to the special Cygnus mode.
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