Re: dispatching

[Roger Leigh]

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<address@hidden> writes:

>> "awkward fit" because you are using Autoconf in an awkward way. Using
>> a tool an an un-intened way.
>
> It's really not that "unintended" IMHO. After all, Autoconf is all about
> generating a Makefile from a template (Automake-generated or
> handwritten) adjusted with some configuration options (partially
> user-supplied, partially auto-checked). I'm really doing nothing else.
> The only untypical part is that I want to use a *different* template
> depending on one fundamental option (target system).

The problem with this approach is that you now have two *different*
ways of doing the same thing.  This will require both templates to be
updated together, tested after each change on different systems etc..
Personally, I would not want the extra overhead here, nor the
potential for unintended breakage.


Regards,
Roger

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