Re: subdirs.am and $(RECURSIVE_TARGETS)

[Tom Tromey]

>>>>> "Akim" == akim  <address@hidden> writes:

Akim> I wonder why we have a hard coded list list this in subdirs.am:
Akim> [ ... -recursive targets ... ]

Historical reasons only, ie, I never thought of it.

Akim> Not only to I find this more pleasant, but most importantly it's
Akim> a win for Automake (we can have more modular *.am files which
Akim> register their own recursive targets), and it's a win for users
Akim> who can += on RECURSIVE_TARGETS.

In the not-too-distant past, you couldn't `+=' an internally-defined
variable.

Tom