Re: [bug-diffutils] [PATCH] build: enable 'subdir-objects' automake option

[Paul Eggert]

On 05/01/13 05:49, Stefano Lattarini wrote:
> -AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([1.11 dist-xz no-dist-gzip color-tests parallel-tests])
> +AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([1.11 dist-xz no-dist-gzip subdir-objects
> +                       color-tests parallel-tests])

Thanks.  The Automake 1.13.1 manual says that if you use
subdir-objects, you must also invoke AM_PROG_CC_C_O.
But the diffutils configure.ac doesn't do that.
Should it?  Or is this part of the Automake manual
not quite right?

http://www.gnu.org/software/automake/manual/automake.html#List-of-Automake-options