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Re: [PATCH] maint.mk (null_AM_MAKEFLAGS, built_programs): remove unused
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Ralf Wildenhues |
Subject: |
Re: [PATCH] maint.mk (null_AM_MAKEFLAGS, built_programs): remove unused definitions |
Date: |
Tue, 15 Dec 2009 20:29:52 +0100 |
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Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-10-28) |
Hi Jim,
* Jim Meyering wrote on Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 07:48:21AM CET:
> Ralf Wildenhues wrote:
> > Adding LIBTOOL here is wrong; you meant LIBTOOLIZE.
>
> I've removed it.
> I don't see anything except bootstrap that runs $(LIBTOOLIZE). Do you?
No, adding LIBTOOLIZE should be fine.
> > There are several packages that would break, or at least have a less
> > effective distcheck with this. For example, Libtool uses Autoconf and
> > Automake tools in its new testsuite. Lots of packages build info files
> > in the build tree only, or build HTML with makeinfo.
>
> Sure. This is policy.
Well, this is GNU policy, or maybe gnulib policy. I was merely
referring to the prospect of adding this to Automake, rather than
keeping it in gnulib: lots of Automake users do not want to adhere
to strict GNU standards; and when they do not choose the 'gnu' or
'gnits' Automake strictness settings, they shouldn't need to adhere.
> That's why the variable is now overridable.
Yes. ?= is GNU make-specific though. (Again, this is all fine for
maint.mk, but not for Automake, which so far aims for portable make.)
Thanks,
Ralf