Re: allow convenient library in subdirectory

[Tom Tromey]

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

Tim> One nit with the patch: it hardcodes '.deps' as the depdir
Tim> instead of using $(DEPDIR).

Just to be clear, this is a longstanding bug -- not Alexandre's fault.

Tim> 2001-07-19  Tim Van Holder  <address@hidden>
Tim>    * automake.in: Don't hardcode '.deps'; use $(DEPDIR).
Tim>    * m4/depend.m4 (AM_SET_DEPDIR): Update to match
Tim>    libtools '.libs' check.

This is ok.  I have two questions though.

Tim> +          push (@dep_list, &require_build_directory 
("$(DEPDIR)/$directory"))=0A=

Don't we want `\$(DEPDIR)'?

Tim> +rmdir .deps 2>/dev/null=0A=

Shouldn't this be `rmdir $DEPDIR'?

Tom