Re: allow convenient library in subdirectory

[Alexandre Duret-Lutz]

>>> "Tim" == Tim Van Holder <address@hidden> writes:

[...]

 Tim> if DOS/Windows commands are used in makefiles,
 Tim> the slashes must be flipped to DOS mode.

[...]

 >> - Since Windows accepts slashes, and Unices do not accept
 >> backslashes, shouldn't Automake constraint the programmer to
 >> use the portable way? (i.e. banning backslashes)

[...]

 Tim> I think we don't want automake to be "restricted" to
 Tim> portable apps; it's still quite a useful tool for packages
 Tim> that only support a single system.

Agreed.  And in this case we can imagine that someone sets
libfoobar_AR to a command that can't grok forward slashes.

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Alexandre Duret-Lutz