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Re: Generate package.m4 in build-dir, not srcdir.
From: |
Jim Meyering |
Subject: |
Re: Generate package.m4 in build-dir, not srcdir. |
Date: |
Sun, 11 Nov 2007 16:54:36 +0100 |
Ralf Wildenhues <address@hidden> wrote:
> Hello Jim,
Hi Ralf,
> * Jim Meyering wrote on Sat, Nov 10, 2007 at 10:36:06PM CET:
>> @@ -44,7 +44,8 @@ $(srcdir)/package.m4: Makefile
>> echo 'm4_define([AT_PACKAGE_VERSION], [$(PACKAGE_VERSION)])'; \
>> echo 'm4_define([AT_PACKAGE_STRING], [$(PACKAGE_STRING)])'; \
>> echo 'm4_define([AT_PACKAGE_BUGREPORT], [$(PACKAGE_BUGREPORT)])'; \
>> - } >$(srcdir)/package.m4
>> + } > address@hidden
>> + mv address@hidden $@
>
> FWIW, this change is unnecessary AFAIK: when interrupted, `make' will
> delete $@ before exiting. Or is it guarding against a different issue?
This is protection against make being killed with a SIGKILL or SIGSTOP,
since make cannot catch those signals.
Re: Generate package.m4 in build-dir, not srcdir., Ralf Wildenhues, 2007/11/11
- Re: Generate package.m4 in build-dir, not srcdir.,
Jim Meyering <=