On Sunday 15 January 2012 05:03:25 pm /dev/ammo42 wrote:
> On Sun, 15 Jan 2012 16:42:59 -0500
>
> Baho Utot <baho-utot@...> wrote:
> > On Sunday 15 January 2012 02:44:08 pm Darrell Anderson wrote:
> > > > Try the attached patch.  Ubuntu doesn't use gamin and
> > > > I haven't noticed
> > > > the problems you are experiencing with respect to files not
> > > > showing up,
> > > > but it is a good idea to enable this feature nevertheless.
> > >
> > > Thanks Tim!
> > >
> > > I see that I was close but still have much to learn. :)
> > >
> > > The package now builds. I'll report in the bugzilla my testing
> > > results.
> > >
> > > BTW, I think this is an example of why we should keep the automake
> > > files in the GIT tree even after converting to cmake, at least for
> > > a few more Trinity releases. Those files provide us a historical
> > > record. In this case, I was able to study the automake files to
> > > offer a feeble attempt at a patch. The historical automake files
> > > provided me clues that the missing FAM support might be part of the
> > > original bug. So let's keep those files for a while. :)
> >
> > +1 on keeping autotool files
> >
> > Does the current cmake files allow for make dist?
>
> There is no processing from VCS to tarballs like autoreconf when cmake
> is used, so git-archive should be enough.
>
> > If not then please keep the autotool files so source tarballs can be
> > made from the git repos.
> >

maybe,
Doing make dist from in the git repo to get a tarball almost always results in 
something usable and scriptable ;)