Re: bug?

[Robert Collins]

On 15 Aug 2001 20:30:50 -0600, Tom Tromey wrote:
> >>>>> "Robert" == Robert Collins <address@hidden> writes:
> 
> Robert> Makefile.am with
> Robert> DIST_SUBDIRS = foo
> Robert> and no SUBDIRS line won't itererate down into foo during make dist.
> 
> Robert> Who'd want that? non-recursive automake :].
> 
> Maybe we should just generate an error if someone defines DIST_SUBDIRS
> but not SUBDIRS?  This seems like an odd case.

I used it (with 
SUBDIRS =
) to generate a non-recursive automake environment. The subdirectory
still needs a Makefile but we don't want to iterate down into it. Thus
DIST_SUBDIRS is a great tool to get the subdirectory included in the
dist tarball, and have the Makefile.am->in created.

Rob

> Tom