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Re: [Automake-NG] [PATCH 09/17] [ng] check: unconditionally distribute t
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Akim Demaille |
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Re: [Automake-NG] [PATCH 09/17] [ng] check: unconditionally distribute test-driver |
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Tue, 22 May 2012 23:41:29 +0200 |
Le 22 mai 2012 à 23:15, Stefano Lattarini a écrit :
> Hi Akim.
>
> On 05/22/2012 11:11 PM, Akim Demaille wrote:
>>
>> Le 22 mai 2012 à 22:48, Stefano Lattarini a écrit :
>>
>>> This new behaviour is suboptimal, but will allow us to move yet more
>>> logic and processing from the automake scripts into the generated
>>> Makefiles.
>>
>> To tell the truth, I would be happy if Automake-ng could tidy
>> build-aux more than it is today. I personally like m4/ to be
>> actually build-aux/m4/, which AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR allows me
>> to do, but I also would like to move all these auxiliary executables
>> to build-aux/bin/.
>>
> You can use the autoconf macro AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR for that, no? Mainline
> Automake supports that already ... Or am I missing something?
But then I expect to see non executables files in build-aux/bin/.
For instance
> By default, Automake requires the file `texinfo.tex' to appear in
> the same directory as the `Makefile.am' file that lists the `.texi'
> files. If you used `AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR' in `configure.ac' (*note
> Finding `configure' Input: (autoconf)Input.), then `texinfo.tex' is
> looked for there. In both cases, `automake' then supplies
> `texinfo.tex' if `--add-missing' is given, and takes care of its
> distribution. However, if you set the `TEXINFO_TEX' variable (see
> below), it overrides the location of the file and turns off its
> installation into the source as well as its distribution.
But maybe it's the only one, and you are right, I can live with
that. I'll try, thanks!
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- [Automake-NG] [PATCH 03/17] [ng] tests: get rid of an almost-obsolete test case (parallel-tests related), Stefano Lattarini, 2012/05/22
- [Automake-NG] [PATCH 04/17] [ng] am: implement $(am__tolower) and $(am__toupper), Stefano Lattarini, 2012/05/22
- [Automake-NG] [PATCH 05/17] [ng] refactor: make '$am_config_aux_dir' available as a make variable, Stefano Lattarini, 2012/05/22
- [Automake-NG] [PATCH 06/17] [ng] check: move definition of console colors in its own '.am' fragment, Stefano Lattarini, 2012/05/22
- [Automake-NG] [PATCH 07/17] [ng] check: separate serial an parallel harnesses in distinct '.am' files, Stefano Lattarini, 2012/05/22
- [Automake-NG] [PATCH 08/17] [ng] check: warn about invalid TEST_EXTENSIONS at make runtime, Stefano Lattarini, 2012/05/22
- [Automake-NG] [PATCH 09/17] [ng] check: unconditionally distribute test-driver, Stefano Lattarini, 2012/05/22
[Automake-NG] [PATCH 10/17] [ng] am: new make variable '$(am__handle_exxext)', Stefano Lattarini, 2012/05/22
[Automake-NG] [PATCH 13/17] [ng] check: logic to define *LOG_DRIVER vars moved to generated Makefiles, Stefano Lattarini, 2012/05/22
[Automake-NG] [PATCH 14/17] [ng] check: be laxer in accepted $(TEST_EXTENSIONS), Stefano Lattarini, 2012/05/22