RE: Doesn't work: blah_PROGRAMS = $(EXTRA_PROGRAMS)

[Daniel Richard G.]

> -----Original Message-----
>
> I don't think you need to use EXTRA_PROGRAMS if you
> use the idiom
>
>       bin_PROGRAMS =
>       if ENABLE_STUFF
>       bin_PROGRAMS += foo bar
>       endif

That works too, but with EXTRA_PROGRAMS, you still get the targets---that is, 
you can still do "make foo bar" if you wanted. The use case here is optionally 
saving time needed to compile a bunch of sample programs (specified as 
noinst_PROGRAMS), not disabling targets that would otherwise fail horribly.


--Daniel