On Jan 13, 2011, at 10:07 AM, Tom Browder wrote: > I was scanning commits and saw one from Sean which corrected a missing > line continuation backslash in a Makefile.am: > > EXTRA_DIST = \ > $(man_MANS) \ > - timetester.c > + timetester.c \ > CMakeLists.txt > > Is there any reason not to use the form:
Automake 1.6 doesn't have support for the += operator. Mac OS X 10.4 shipped with 1.6.3 so if you want to support building from checkout on an unmodified 10.4 system, you can't use that operator. As soon as support for 10.4 is dropped, we'll be able to drop the slashes. More likely, though, cmake will be ready before then. > EXTRA_DIST = # ensure empty list > EXTRA_DIST += $(man_MANS) > EXTRA_DIST += CMakeLists.txt > > It would make it less likely to miss the (ugly) backslash, and it > would make it easier to sort the list if desired. How so? M-x sort-lines works the same on += lines as it does on \- terminated lines. Cheers! Sean ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Protect Your Site and Customers from Malware Attacks Learn about various malware tactics and how to avoid them. Understand malware threats, the impact they can have on your business, and how you can protect your company and customers by using code signing. http://p.sf.net/sfu/oracle-sfdevnl _______________________________________________ BRL-CAD Developer mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/brlcad-devel
