#797: Eliminate need to expand Makefile variables in parrot_config and other
external programs
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 Reporter:  jkeenan    |       Owner:  jkeenan           
     Type:  RFC        |      Status:  assigned          
 Priority:  normal     |   Milestone:                    
Component:  configure  |     Version:  1.3.0             
 Severity:  medium     |    Keywords:  configure makefile
     Lang:             |       Patch:                    
 Platform:  all        |  
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Comment(by jkeenan):

 Replying to [comment:3 jkeenan]:
 >
 > More specifically, should it be our goal to '''eliminate all conditional
 determination''' of configuration values from the ''Makefile''?

 Granted, this would be a lot of work to get right.  There are 52 `#IF`
 statements in ''config/gen/makefiles/root.in''.  But there are 460
 instance of Makefile variables in a typical
 ''lib/Parrot/Config/Generated.pm''.  And there are 9 such variables in a
 typical ''config_lib.pasm''.

 kid51

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