Re: 58-var-vs-target.patch

[Tom Tromey]

>>>>> "Akim" == Akim Demaille <address@hidden> writes:

Akim> In fact, I've had to finish the job, because the following test
Akim> was falling:

Akim>     cat > Makefile.am << 'END'
Akim>     bin_PROGRAMS = consud
Akim>     ## Note next line is target, not variable.
Akim>     consud_SOURCES: consud.c
Akim>     END

Akim> Why did it in spite of the fact that my change was only making
Akim> automake complain when a non exisiting variable appears to exist
Akim> as a target?

It might be that this code was added specifically because people would
write the above, which is wrong, and not get any message.  ISTR at
least one bug report about that.

I haven't read the patch yet.

Tom