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Re: Is nobase_include_HEADERS supposed to precreate directories?
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Ralf Wildenhues |
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Re: Is nobase_include_HEADERS supposed to precreate directories? |
Date: |
Mon, 11 Jul 2005 13:53:36 +0200 |
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Mutt/1.4.1i |
Hi Alexandre,
* Alexandre Duret-Lutz wrote on Sun, Jul 10, 2005 at 09:46:48AM CEST:
> >>> "Ralf" == Ralf Wildenhues <address@hidden> writes:
> Ralf> * Jeremy C. Reed wrote on Mon, Jul 04, 2005 at 06:58:43PM CEST:
> >>
> >> nobase_include_HEADERS = histedit.h editline/readline.h
> >> Should it also precreate the "editline" subdirectory also?
>
> Ralf> If the intermediate directories were intended to be created manually,
> Ralf> the documentation should state so, IMVHO.
>
> The directory is created. The question is *pre*create.
>
> In short it can't because it would be complicated in presence of
> conditional headers, and impossible in presence of AC_SUBSTed
> headers. As for why $(includedir) is precreated, I don't know
> whether that is a feature or not (it makes a difference when
> nobase_include_HEADERS is empty).
I stand corrected (and should have been reading more closely).
Thanks for clearing this up.
Cheers,
Ralf