[bug#81040] [PATCH] dist: introduce AM_OPTIONAL_AUTOMAKE for best-effort dist-XXX archives.

Hi all,

Thanks for your comments. I will have a fixed up version of the patch soon.

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With Valediction,
Kamila Szewczyk (https://iczelia.net)

On 5/16/26 11:46 PM, Karl Berry wrote:
> Hi Jacob,
> 
>     If I remember correctly, on some systems, the /bin/sh shell does not 
>     have command(1) as a builtin, but a "command" executable exists on the 
>     filesystem.
> 
> Good memory :). Indeed, this is the case on Solaris 10, at least the one
> on cfarm.
> 
> cfarm210$ type command
> command is hashed (/usr/bin/command)
> 
> Either a command or builtin should be fine for Kamila's purposes.
> 
>     As long as `make dist-XYZ` will always either produce the "XYZ" dist
>     or fail, we probably do not need to worry about this edge case.
> 
> I agree. --thanks, karl.