Re: Introduce and use the %KEY?TRUE:FALSE% template token

[Akim Demaille]

>>> "RW" == Ralf Wildenhues <address@hidden> writes:

 > Hello Akim,
 > * Akim Demaille wrote on Mon, Nov 19, 2007 at 06:47:41AM CET:
 >> 
 >> The first thing I would like to do is to factor the
 >> calls to install, using "install FILES... DIR".

 > The first thing you should do then is get the GNU Coding Standards changed to
 > allow this, so that Automake can still conform to them.  They currently state
 > (see make-stds.texi):

 >> Always use a file name, not a directory name, as the second argument of
 >> the installation commands.  Use a separate command for each file to be
 >> installed.

Done.

| From: address@hidden (Karl Berry)
| Subject: Re: installing multiple files at once
| To: address@hidden
| Cc: address@hidden
| Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2007 17:46:14 -0600
| X-Sent: 1 day, 8 hours, 32 minutes ago
| 
| [...]
| 
| --- make-stds.texi.~1.49.~    2007-09-01 15:53:02.000000000 -0700
| +++ make-stds.texi    2007-11-28 15:43:43.000000000 -0800
| @@ -277,6 +277,8 @@
|  
| address@hidden
| -Always use a file name, not a directory name, as the second argument of
| -the installation commands.  Use a separate command for each file to be
| -installed.
| +It is acceptable, but not required, to install multiple files in one
| +command, with the final argument being a directory, as in:
| +
| address@hidden
| +$(INSTALL_PROGRAM) foo bar baz $(bindir)
| address@hidden example
|  
| 
| How about that?
| 
| karl