On Thu, Aug 11, 2005 at 08:11:51AM -0400, tom fogal wrote: > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>D M writes: > > Is is perfectly legal to have following conditional in > >Makefile.am: > > > >if SOMETHING > >install-data-local: > > anything > >endif > > Looks valid to me, according to > > http://sources.redhat.com/automake/automake.html#Conditionals > > However I'm a little perplexed as to why you would want to define > install-data-local. Isnt that a target automake will generate > automagically for you? > No, it is not defined automatically. However, if a construct like the one above is apprears in Makefile.am even if condition SOMETHING is false I end up with empty install-data-local rule. If no install-data-local rule is present at all it does not appear in resultant Makefile. So, there has to be some extra logic associated with conditionals handling, I'm wondering if I do not abuse it somehow.
Thank you for the answer. -- DM
