Re: conditionals

[D M]

On Thu, Aug 11, 2005 at 08:11:51AM -0400, tom fogal wrote:
>  <address@hidden>D M writes:
> >     Is is perfectly legal to have following conditional in
> >Makefile.am:
> >
> >if SOMETHING
> >install-data-local:
> >     anything
> >endif
> 
> Looks valid to me, according to
> 
> http://sources.redhat.com/automake/automake.html#Conditionals
> 
> However I'm a little perplexed as to why you would want to define
> install-data-local. Isnt that a target automake will generate
> automagically for you? 
> 
No, it is not defined automatically. However, if a construct like the
one above is apprears in Makefile.am even if condition SOMETHING is
false I end up with empty install-data-local rule. If no
install-data-local rule is present at all it does not appear in
resultant Makefile. So, there has to be some extra logic associated with
conditionals handling, I'm wondering if I do not abuse it somehow.

Thank you for the answer.

-- 
DM