Re: GNU Automake 1.13.3 released

[Ralf Corsepius]

On 06/03/2013 09:14 PM, Stefano Lattarini wrote:
> We are pleased to announce the GNU Automake 1.13.3 maintenance release.

When comparing automake-1.13.2 generated Makefile.ins against 
automake-1.13.3 generated Makefile.in, in projects which are _not_ using 
"c" I am observing changes like this one below:

--- a/Makefile.in
+++ b/Makefile.in
...
@@ -109,6 +109,18 @@ AM_V_at = $(address@hidden@)
 am__v_at_ = $(address@hidden@)
 am__v_at_0 = @
 am__v_at_1 =
+COMPILE = $(CC) $(DEFS) $(DEFAULT_INCLUDES) $(INCLUDES) $(AM_CPPFLAGS) \
+       $(CPPFLAGS) $(AM_CFLAGS) $(CFLAGS)
+AM_V_CC = $(address@hidden@)
+am__v_CC_ = $(address@hidden@)
+am__v_CC_0 = @echo "  CC      " $@;
+am__v_CC_1 =
+CCLD = $(CC)
+LINK = $(CCLD) $(AM_CFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) $(AM_LDFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@
+AM_V_CCLD = $(address@hidden@)
+am__v_CCLD_ = $(address@hidden@)
+am__v_CCLD_0 = @echo "  CCLD    " $@;
+am__v_CCLD_1 =
 SOURCES =
 DIST_SOURCES =
 AM_V_DVIPS = $(address@hidden@)
...

So far, I havn't had sufficient time to implement a simple reproducer, 
but I am inclined to believe, automake-1.13.3 inserts c-compiler related 
vars into Makefile.ins, in cases no C-compiler is being used.

Ralf