# HG changeset patch
# User John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org>
# Date 1363510860 14400
# Node ID 8b70f6118a5ea312dc1cf4b3c9fbfc517c91a317
# Parent  306e0ac231d0b172c28a3602045c4a0c801acdc3
build top-level directory after scripts and src directories

* Makefile.am (SUBDIRS): Include "." in the list.

diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -69,12 +69,16 @@
 
 include m4/module.mk
 
-# Subdirectories in which to run `make all'.
+# Subdirectories in which to run `make all'.  Including "." here
+# is an attempt to force all preceding directories in the list to
+# be processed before the current directory so that the
+# scripts/DOCSTRINGS libinterp/DOCSTRINGS files are built before
+# attempting to build AUTHORS and BUGS.
 SUBDIRS = libgnu liboctave libinterp
 if AMCOND_BUILD_GUI
 SUBDIRS += libgui
 endif
-SUBDIRS += src scripts @DOCDIR@ examples test
+SUBDIRS += src scripts . @DOCDIR@ examples test
 
 if ! AMCOND_BUILD_DOCS
 dist-hook: