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Re: bin/Makefile.am: merge the rules


From: Paul Eggert
Subject: Re: bin/Makefile.am: merge the rules
Date: Thu, 03 Feb 2005 09:22:47 -0800
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Stepan Kasal <address@hidden> writes:

> +srcdir_prefix =              \
> +`case $@ in          \
> +  autoconf) ;;               \
> +  *) echo $(srcdir)/ ;;      \
> +esac`
> ...
> -     $(edit) $(srcdir)/address@hidden >address@hidden
> +     $(edit) $(srcdir_prefix)address@hidden >address@hidden

Unfortunately, this approach causes the output of "make" to be harder
to follow.  Surely we can refactor without decreasing output
comprehensibility.




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