Re: nearly there... yet another question first

[Robert Collins]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Tromey" <address@hidden>
Subject: Re: nearly there... yet another question first


> >>>>> "Robert" == Robert Collins <address@hidden>
writes:
> Robert> Why doesn't it install compile in the top_srcdir?
>
> The code that decides where to find these programs is hacky.
>
> Try putting the compile program in the top directory, remove it from
> the leaf directory, and re-run automake.  Maybe it won't complain.

I tried that before I posted. Ah well, since make dist looked in the top
directory, I now have two copies in the source tree.

> The former.  Using _CFLAGS like that requires a compiler that
> understands `-c -o'.  Some don't, and compile is a wrapper for those.
>
> At some point we should just stop supporting compilers that lose that
> badly.
>
> Tom
>

Thanks.
Rob