>
>
> 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 ;)
>

See this page here:
http://www.cmake.org/pipermail/cmake/2006-November/011874.html

Note that I have not tried this myself, as the Debian build system is
quite different from manually building from source.

Tim