Akim Demaille wrote:
> What is the general policy wrt `optimizations' in automake vs leaving
> some job to make? For instance there are many places with code like:
>
> if ($relative_dir eq '.')
> {
> push (@files, 'acconfig.h');
> }
> else
> {
> push (@files, '$(top_srcdir)/acconfig.h');
> }
>
> While it certainly more elegant from the Makefile point of view, it
> results in many little places in automake where the core code is
> ``polluted''. Don't we want to continue like this?
Aside from optimization, there's another diffrence in the above. The
first will be looked for in VPATH and the second won't be when
$(top_srcdir) is absolute. Not sure this matters.
Derek
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