Wireshark · Ethereal-dev: Re: [Ethereal-dev] Beginnings of automake in docbook directory

[Ulf Lamping <ulf.lamping@xxxxxx>]

Joerg Mayer wrote:

> I've just added the very first steps to convert the Makefile in docbook/
> to automake:
>  
I appreciate that :-)

> So quite a few things are left, that's why I'm currently not generating
> Makefile.in and Makefile but Makefile.auto.in and Makefile.auto.
>  
But you seem to be on the way ...

> Ulf: Is there any specific reason why  you do this:
> edg_images:
>        cp $(DOCBOOKXSL)/images/note.png ./edg_graphics
>        cp $(DOCBOOKXSL)/images/tip.png ./edg_graphics
>        cp $(DOCBOOKXSL)/images/warning.png ./edg_graphics
>
> In the makefile instead of just copying them over and chekcing them in?
>  
That's simply because I personnally don't like duplicates checked in. 
This way, if you have to update the images, you cannot forget to update 
it at other places, as there is only one :-)

If this copying is a problem for the Makefile generation (or complicate 
things much), just feel free to check them in at the other place and 
remove the copy from the Makefile.

Regards, ULFL