Re: Targets using automake

[Derek R. Price]

This same applies to targets using autoconf & autoheader.

Derek

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"Derek R. Price" wrote:

> Automake seems to be creating targets by default that make use of
> automake whether or not the user has automake installed.  Timestamps
> seem to get fouled up in distribution often enough that I think this is
> very bad from a maintenance viewpoint (more questions to answer) and
> very rude to users.
>
> Is there some way to place any targets which make use of automake inside
> a conditional?  i.e. I want the fact that configure discovers that
> automake is not installed to disable the use of automake in any targets
> which might use them.  In this case that seems to mean the distdir
> & Makefile.in targets.  I would actually only like the portion of the
> distdir target that recalls automake inside the conditional since
> I would like the target to work otherwise.
>
> This could be a very useful tool but without this feature I cannot use
> it in good conscience.
>
> Derek
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