Re: automake variable prefix 'check_'

2021-02-02 Thread John Calcote
On Tue, Feb 2, 2021 at 11:46 AM Zack Weinberg wrote: > On Tue, Feb 2, 2021 at 1:24 PM DUDZIAK Krzysztof > wrote: > > As one can't find string "distcheck" in GCS > > By GCS do you mean the GNU Coding Standards? > > > it looks like it wasn't GCS > > which constitutes support and usage of

Re: PLV, PSV in manual

2021-02-02 Thread John Calcote
Zack, These are terms I made up when I wrote the No Starch Press Autotools book - the manual had no existing name for these concepts, so I just contrived names for them. John On Tue, Feb 2, 2021 at 11:39 AM Zack Weinberg wrote: > On Tue, Feb 2, 2021 at 1:19 PM DUDZIAK Krzysztof > wrote: > >

Re: automake variable prefix 'check_'

2021-02-02 Thread Zack Weinberg
On Tue, Feb 2, 2021 at 1:24 PM DUDZIAK Krzysztof wrote: > As one can't find string "distcheck" in GCS By GCS do you mean the GNU Coding Standards? > it looks like it wasn't GCS > which constitutes support and usage of `distcheck' target. > Maybe it is POSIX, or UNIX. As far as I know, the

Re: PLV, PSV in manual

2021-02-02 Thread Zack Weinberg
On Tue, Feb 2, 2021 at 1:19 PM DUDZIAK Krzysztof wrote: > Isn't it that strange if for manual* following searches for a string result > in no matches? > search for "PLV" > search for "PSV" > search for "Product List Variable" > search for "Product Source Variable" I've never heard these terms

automake variable prefix 'check_'

2021-02-02 Thread DUDZIAK Krzysztof
Hello, As one can't find string "distcheck" in GCS it looks like it wasn't GCS which constitutes support and usage of `distcheck' target. Maybe it is POSIX, or UNIX. I wonder if recipe to build `distcheck' target as compiled by automake gets same form as John Calcote describes it in chapter 3 his

PLV, PSV in manual

2021-02-02 Thread DUDZIAK Krzysztof
Hi, Isn't it that strange if for manual* following searches for a string result in no matches? search for "PLV" search for "PSV" search for "Product List Variable" search for "Product Source Variable" *) https://www.gnu.org/software/automake/manual/automake.html Regards k.d.