Re: subobj8.test: using subdir-objects in a subdirectory

[Tom Tromey]

>>>>> "adl" == Alexandre Duret-Lutz <address@hidden> writes:

adl> The test case below shows that if the `subdir-objects' options
adl> is used from within a subdirectory (to build files from deeper
adl> directories), then Automake does not require `compile'.

Thanks, I'm checking this in.

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adl> I've played with the following instruction from lanc_c_rewrite:
adl>         &require_file ($FOREIGN, 'compile')
adl>             if $relative_dir eq '.';

Try using require_config_file.  That is probably what we ought to do
in any case.

The require-file code is confused.  It is a prime candidate for
rethink and rewrite.  There is some historical stuff in there (eg we
try to put mdate-sh into the directory with the texinfo sources) which
we could consider changing -- these days we require so many scripts
that pretty much everybody is forced ot use an auxdir anyway.

adl> Note that another related issue, not tested here, is that
adl> AM_PROG_CC_C_O is not AUX_DIR-aware: it relies on `compile'
adl> beeing installed as `$top_srcdir/compile' :(

Yeah, thanks.

Tom