Alexandre Duret-Lutz wrote: > Hi Gary, > > Thanks for all the work. I'm only commenting on the Autoconf > part, here. I'll complete the Automake part after this is one > is in.
Okay. Is that an implicit go-ahead for me to commit the Autoconf part
of the patch (pending changes below)?
>>>>"Gary" == Gary V Vaughan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> Gary> I disagree, LIBOBJDIR is a make macro not a shell
> Gary> variable, so it is more akin to $(srcdir) than ${prefix}.
> Gary> If I'm missing something, feel free to change it before
> Gary> committing.
>
> The point is that AFAICT all AC_SUBSTed Autoconf variables use
> ${...} so they can be used in shell scripts as well as in
> Makefiles. From the point of view of Autoconf, LIBOBJDIR is a
> just an AC_SUBST variable. Automake will indeed use it to
> define a make variable, but that should be none of Autoconf's
> business. An Autoconf user might as well decide to use it in a
> shell or Perl script (say, to create one's own make-free build
> system!).
Good point. Thanks!
> [...]
> Gary> + # 2. Prepend LIBOBJDIR. When used with automake>1.9.5 LIBOBJDIR
> [...]
> Gary> +When used with Automake 1.9.6 or newer, a suitable value for
>
> Let's make it automake >= 1.10. 1.9.x are only simple bug
> fixes, and 1.10 will come shortly after Autoconf 2.60 anyway.
Sure, no problem.
Cheers,
Gary.
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