On Thu, Nov 04, 2010 at 09:35:03PM +0000, Stuart Henderson wrote: > with metaauto returning 0 when the script set in AUTOxx_VERSION doesn't > exist or the version number wasn't provided, there's no real problem > either, missing tries to run it, gets an ok return code, and continues. > > but if metaauto is changed to return an error code, missing thinks the > script exists, thinks it has run it, but it has failed, and passes on > the error to make which then terminates the build.
I'm thinking we can AND should deal with it to tell auto* to SHUT UP. I'm thinking of setting AUTOCONF_VERSION=dont to tell metaauto to RETURN 0, and thus, to prevent this behavior. Yeah, it's abusive and a bit counter-intuitive, but automake-generated Makefiles ARE abusive and counter-intuitive anyways.
