APR Makefile bug when building outside the source tree

In apr/Makefile.in and apr-util/Makefile.in, the three files
  exports.c
  export_vars.h
  apr[util].exp
are not specified as being in a particular directory (${srcdir} or whatever), and so the build does not work properly outside the source tree:

~/build/subversion/apr-util> make
[...]
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/julianfoad/build/subversion/apr-util'
gcc -E -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -DLINUX=2 -D_REENTRANT -D_XOPEN_SOURCE=500 -D_BSD_SOURCE -D_SVID_SOURCE -D_GNU_SOURCE -I/home/julianfoad/build/subversion/apr-util/include -I/home/julianfoad/build/subversion/apr-util/include/private -I/home/julianfoad/src/subversion/apr-util/include/private -I/home/julianfoad/src/subversion/apr-util/include -I/home/julianfoad/build/subversion/apr/include -I/home/julianfoad/src/subversion/apr/include exports.c | grep "ap_hack_" | sed -e 's/^.*[)]\(.*\);$/\1/' >> aprutil.exp
gcc: exports.c: No such file or directory

I had a quick go at fixing this, but don't understand it well enough. I have been building in a separate directory for months, but only noticed this recently. I don't know whether this is a recent regression. It doesn't stop my Subversion build from proceeding.

p.s. While we're in apr/Makefile.in, a few lines further down, by the target "docs" is a comment "# DON'T REMOVE THIS". If that were replaced with an intelligent comment saying WHY the rule is important, that would be much more useful.

Is it any use me reporting this here, or do I have to find a more appropriate mailing list?

- Julian

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Received on Fri Sep 19 20:49:57 2003