On 08/02/2012 03:39 PM, Akim Demaille wrote: > > Le 2 août 2012 à 11:47, Stefano Lattarini a écrit : > >> Instead of copying their contents in each output Makefile. >> >> * automake.in (verbatim): Instead of copying the given Makefile fragment >> in the output makefile, copy it in the '.mk' subdirectory of the top-level >> source directory (i.e., the one automake is being run into). And return >> a proper "include" directive that will allow GNU make to include that >> fragment in the generated Makefile at make runtime. >> * lib/am/distdir.am: Distribute the '.mk' subdirectory of the top-level >> source directory, with the help of ... >> (am.dist.mk-files): ... this new internal variable. > > I like very much the idea, but I don't really like the name. > OK, I say we can change it in a follow-up. I'm not particularly attached to the one I've chosen -- it was just the first one which crossed my mind.
> Why hide it? It will show anyway. IMHO, this should be > build-aux/automake/ or build-aux/mk. > I guess you use "build-aux" to mean "the directory specified by AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR", right? If yes, I agree this would offer more clarity and flexibility, so I'll implement the change in a follow-up (with you and Bob in the "Suggested-by:" field). Thanks, Stefano
