zimoun skribis: >> The reason seems to be that: >> >> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- >> # Bundle this file so that makeinfo finds it in out-of-source-tree builds. >> BUILT_SOURCES += $(OS_CONFIG_EXAMPLES_TEXI) $(TRANSLATED_INFO) >> EXTRA_DIST += $(OS_CONFIG_EXAMPLES_TEXI) $(TRANSLATED_INFO) >> MAINTAINERCLEANFILES = $(OS_CONFIG_EXAMPLES_TEXI) $(TRANSLATED_INFO) >> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- > > Yah, I have tried to tweak a lot of stuff and it has always failed. > Simon's relationship with configure and Makefile.am: is complicated. > :-) > Well, since these files are only a hard copy of files in > gnu/system/examples/, does it make sense to simply symlink them and > remove the rule? You can try, but the comment above about out-of-source-tree builds suggests it won’t work. :-) (That’s because .info is treated specially; namely, Info files are part of the distribution, so they are always built in the source tree.) Ludo’.