[ovs-discuss] OVS Make - make[2]: *** [dist-hook-git] Error

[Ben Pfaff]

On Mon, Feb 20, 2017 at 05:10:21PM +0000, 蘇于倫 wrote:
> Hi Ben,
> 
> Thanks for your reply and reminder.
> I've re-make and print the log again.
> The error might caused by that I download .tar.gz from OVS website,
> and create a git repo for my implementation maintainence.
> How to avoid this problem and what is a more recommended way to
> manage local OVS development and build process ?
> Here's the [dist-hook-git] error starting message:
> Thanks for your assistance!
> 
> --------------------------------------------
> make[3]: Entering directory `/home/ovs8/ovs_2.5.1_hybrid_band/datapath'
> make[3]: Leaving directory `/home/ovs8/ovs_2.5.1_hybrid_band/datapath'
> The following files are in git but not the distribution:
> .travis/PaxHeaders.84059/build.sh
> .travis/PaxHeaders.84059/prepare.sh
> Documentation/PaxHeaders.84059/automake.mk
> Documentation/PaxHeaders.84059/group-selection-method-property.txt
> PaxHeaders.84059/.travis
> PaxHeaders.84059/.travis.yml
> PaxHeaders.84059/AUTHORS
> PaxHeaders.84059/CONTRIBUTING.md
> PaxHeaders.84059/COPYING
> PaxHeaders.84059/CodingStyle.md
> PaxHeaders.84059/DESIGN.md
> PaxHeaders.84059/Documentation
> PaxHeaders.84059/FAQ.md
> PaxHeaders.84059/INSTALL.DPDK.md
> PaxHeaders.84059/INSTALL.Debian.md
> PaxHeaders.84059/INSTALL.Docker.md
> PaxHeaders.84059/INSTALL.Fedora.md
> PaxHeaders.84059/INSTALL.KVM.md
> PaxHeaders.84059/INSTALL.Libvirt.md
> PaxHeaders.84059/INSTALL.NetBSD.md
> PaxHeaders.84059/INSTALL.RHEL.md
> PaxHeaders.84059/INSTALL.SELinux.md
> ..............

It seems that you added these files in a Git commit but did not mark
them to be distributed, e.g. with EXTRA_DIST in automake.mk.  The build
fails to bring this to your attention.