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-rw-r--r--.gitignore1
-rw-r--r--HACKING4
-rw-r--r--src/Makefile.am19
-rwxr-xr-xsrc/generator.ml7
4 files changed, 24 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 6c58e6fa..fbb723ff 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -111,4 +111,5 @@ python/guestfs.pyc
ruby/Rakefile
ruby/ext/guestfs/extconf.h
ruby/ext/guestfs/mkmf.log
+src/stamp-generator
stamp-h1
diff --git a/HACKING b/HACKING
index fc9ed382..b42a807c 100644
--- a/HACKING
+++ b/HACKING
@@ -14,10 +14,6 @@ etc. to the big list called 'functions' at the top of this file.
'do_action' function. Take a look at one of the numerous examples
there.
-You will need to run src/generator.ml (from the top directory) which
-regenerates all the auto-generated files, and then continue with the
-ordinary build process.
-
Formatting
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diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
index 06d4522c..eb8723a2 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -15,12 +15,25 @@
# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
# Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
-EXTRA_DIST = guestfs_protocol.x \
+EXTRA_DIST = \
+ guestfs_protocol.x \
guestfs_protocol.c \
guestfs_protocol.h \
- MAX_PROC_NR
+ MAX_PROC_NR \
+ stamp-generator \
+ generator.ml
-EXTRA_DIST += generator.ml
+# Rerun the generator if it has changed.
+# Git removes empty directories, so in cases where the
+# generator is creating the sole file in a directory, we
+# have to create the directory first.
+noinst_DATA = stamp-generator
+
+stamp-generator: generator.ml
+ mkdir -p $(top_srcdir)/perl/lib/Sys
+ cd .. && ocaml -warn-error A $(srcdir)/src/$<
+
+guestfs_protocol.x: stamp-generator
include_HEADERS = guestfs.h guestfs-actions.h guestfs-structs.h
diff --git a/src/generator.ml b/src/generator.ml
index df5ff7e2..766650f3 100755
--- a/src/generator.ml
+++ b/src/generator.ml
@@ -8712,3 +8712,10 @@ Run it from the top source directory using the command
let close = output_to "src/MAX_PROC_NR" in
generate_max_proc_nr ();
close ();
+
+ (* Always generate this file last, and unconditionally. It's used
+ * by the Makefile to know when we must re-run the generator.
+ *)
+ let chan = open_out "src/stamp-generator" in
+ fprintf chan "1\n";
+ close_out chan