Re: Automake 1.7.3 released

[Simon Josefsson]

Alexandre Duret-Lutz <address@hidden> writes:

>>>> "Simon" == Simon Josefsson <address@hidden> writes:
>
> [...]
>
>  Simon> Hm, right.  I guess I'm looking for a way to write a rule to build
>  Simon> elisp without having to put the files in EXTRA_DIST too.  Do you have
>  Simon> any ideas?
>
>  Simon> Right now I only have:
>
>  Simon> EXTRA_DIST = ... punycode.el idna.el
>  Simon> lisp_LISP = punycode.el idna.el
>
>  Simon> Would a dist_lisp_LISP the Right Solution, or is there some other
>  Simon> option available now?
>
> Maybe I'm missing something.  What's wrong with EXTRA_DIST
> exactly?  Listing files twice?  If so, you could rewrite the
> above as follows.
>
>  EXTRA_DIST = ... $(lisp_LISP)
>  lisp_LISP = punycode.el idna.el

I guess I'll settle with this.  Thanks.  I guess I'm spoiled by
*_SOURCES that allow me to mention *.c files in one place only.

> We ought to support dist_lisp_LISP for consistency with other
> primaries, but it won't save a lot of typing.  If dist_lisp_LISP
> worked, you'd just have to type
>
>  EXTRA_DIST = ...
>  dist_lisp_LISP = punycode.el idna.el

That would be splendid.  Not that important though...