* Ralf Corsepius wrote on Sat, Jan 08, 2011 at 04:26:11AM CET: > On 01/07/2011 07:53 PM, Ralf Wildenhues wrote: > >* Ralf Corsepius wrote on Fri, Jan 07, 2011 at 05:52:54PM CET: > >>On 01/07/2011 03:36 PM, Stefano Lattarini wrote: > >>>Currently, automake is not smart enough to resolve variable expansions > >>>in AM_YFLAGS (or foo_YFLAGS) when scanning them for the `-d' flag. > >>This once used to work > >> > >>=> regression. > >Please, if you make such a statement, include more details: whether you > >know of an Automake version where this used to work, or have code > >examples where it did (including a pointer to the code), or have just > >tried the sample code from the PR. > Well, I would have to dig out ca. 10 years old works, which had > exploited this. > > I also recall having reported issues with automake's "yacc -d" > handling to Akim when he was maintaining automake and him having > worked on it. > > I also recall me having abandoned using automake's YACC rules in my > works, because it repeatedly had been broken during automake's > history.
Thanks. All of the above information would have made the first post more helpful already. For example, it is very helpful to know whether something is a recent regression or not; not only for classifying the severity, but also checking for other similar glitches that may have happened at the same time. Cheers, Ralf
