On Saturday 03 September 2005 10:42 pm, Christian Stimming wrote: > > True. The one advantage is that it builds under a "make" - it does not > > require another ./autogen.sh - it can be a significant advantage during > > development of the associated files because you then only make that > > specific file. autogen takes FAR longer. > > Not true. Don't you use "--enable-maintainer-mode"?
Yes, autogen.sh enables it every time. > > > 4. Add the resulting *output* file in that directory's Makefile.am to > > > any variable that ensures that this file is distributed, e.g. > > > noinst_HEADERS=qsf-dir.h and probably also BUILT_SOURCES=qsf-dir.h > > > > You lose the ability to re-create the file with 'make'. > > No. --enable-maintainer-mode will do exactly that. Hmm. Anyway, it's changed now. > > > I don't quite understand why the manual rule was added in the first > > > place. > > > > Because it's powerful during development - FAR more useful than putting > > it AC_OUTPUT. > > No. The other way round. That's not how it's seemed in the past - ne'er mind. -- Neil Williams ============= http://www.data-freedom.org/ http://www.nosoftwarepatents.com/ http://www.linux.codehelp.co.uk/
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