Re: subdir-objects fails with non-literal _SOURCES

2007-04-26 Thread Ralf Wildenhues
Hi Jim, * Jim Meyering wrote on Sat, Apr 21, 2007 at 09:10:22PM CEST: > Ralf Wildenhues <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > ... what if make decides to rerun `config.status --recheck && > > config.status', say, because the user has his CONFIG_STATUS_DEPENDENCIES > > wrong? I don't see an easy, non

Re: subdir-objects fails with non-literal _SOURCES

2007-04-21 Thread Jim Meyering
Hi Ralf! Ralf Wildenhues <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > * Jim Meyering wrote on Tue, Apr 17, 2007 at 09:16:59PM CEST: >> Ralf Wildenhues <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> ... >> > The strongest argument against invoking `make' at the end of configure >> > is one of debugging: if your makefile contains a

Re: subdir-objects fails with non-literal _SOURCES

2007-04-19 Thread Ralf Wildenhues
Hi Jim, * Jim Meyering wrote on Tue, Apr 17, 2007 at 09:16:59PM CEST: > Ralf Wildenhues <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ... > > The strongest argument against invoking `make' at the end of configure > > is one of debugging: if your makefile contains a syntax error -- and for > > newbies it frequently

Re: subdir-objects fails with non-literal _SOURCES

2007-04-18 Thread Jim Meyering
Ralf Wildenhues <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: ... > The strongest argument against invoking `make' at the end of configure > is one of debugging: if your makefile contains a syntax error -- and for > newbies it frequently will -- then configure won't finish successfully. Hi Ralf, If you're tempted,

bug automake/516 (Was: subdir-objects fails with non-literal _SOURCES)

2007-04-17 Thread Peter Breitenlohner
On Tue, 17 Apr 2007, Ralf Wildenhues wrote: Hi Jim, Thanks for the bug report. Hi Ralf, anything new about automake/516 (bug report plus tiny patch)? regards Peter Breitenlohner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: subdir-objects fails with non-literal _SOURCES

2007-04-17 Thread Ralf Wildenhues
Hi Jim, Thanks for the bug report. * Jim Meyering wrote on Tue, Apr 17, 2007 at 06:18:44PM CEST: > Some automake-generated code malfunctions when using the combination of > the subdir-objects option and non-literal _SOURCES. I actually have a patch (about half a year old, see followup to [1]) ly

subdir-objects fails with non-literal _SOURCES

2007-04-17 Thread Jim Meyering
Some automake-generated code malfunctions when using the combination of the subdir-objects option and non-literal _SOURCES. You can demonstrate by changing automake's tests/pr224.test, replacing this line: bar_SOURCES = foo/main.c with these apparently equivalent ones: f = foo bar_S