Hello Eric, On Thu, Jun 05, 2008 at 09:59:22PM +0000, Eric Blake wrote: > > if configure detects case-insensitive make, the rule for > > $(srcdir)/INSTALL would be disabled. > > That should not be a problem, as case insensitive platforms are > > rarely used to create the distribution tarball of Autoconf. > > This seems reasonable; but how does it interact with the fact that cfg.mk > currently defines the make macro _autoreconf to remove INSTALL? I think that > definition also needs conditioning (ie. if on a case-insensitive make, it > seems > like cfg.mk must not redefine _autoreconf from its default in GNUmakefile).
if I understand GNUmakefile correctly, then _autoreconf is used only if a ``dist-target'' is run on a modified git checkout. But I do not believe this is done on case-insensitive targets. So I wouldn't care about this. > But I'd feel a lot more comfortable if someone actually tested your > patch on the case-insensitive MSYS make (or at least the algorithm in the .m4 > file) to ensure that we will correctly detect the situation, before applying > this patch. I'll ask for a test and report the result. Sorry for the delay. Stepan
