Re: substitution vs expansion in Makefile.am

[Paul Smith]

On Tue, 2008-03-04 at 15:34 -0700, John Calcote wrote:
> This question is somewhat related to the last one I asked. Where
> should I use @top_srcdir@, and where should I use $(top_srcdir)?

The answer is, you should ALWAYS use the make variable, and NEVER use
the automake variable.  There may be very obscure exceptions but I can't
think of any; certainly none in a straightforward automake file.


My $0.02.

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