Re: [PATCH] {maint} remake: behave better with non-GNU make in subdirectories

[Peter Rosin]

Den 2011-05-29 16:26 skrev Stefano Lattarini:
> Currently, every decent non-GNU make program makes it possible
> to remake out-of-date autotools-generated files with a simple
> "make Makefile" issued from the top-level directory.  And while
> having to run "make Makefile" by hand isn't as convenient as
> the GNU make feature of "automatic remake *and reloading* of
> out-of-date makefiles", it is usually good enough and definitely
> worth having.
> 
> Unfortunately, a silly limitation in the current implementation
> of remake rules prevents this idiom from working when it's used
> outside the top-level directory.  Luckily, this limitation is
> easy to       remove, and that's what this patch does.

Nitpick: The tense is wrong for a ChangeLog entry, and there's a tab
in there as well.  Suggestion:

        Remove silly limitation that prevents this idiom from
        working outside the top-level directory.

I'm not sure if the essay style of the first paragraph should stay
or go though?

Cheers,
Peter