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Re: [PATCH] maint: remove most recursion in automake's own build system


From: Jim Meyering
Subject: Re: [PATCH] maint: remove most recursion in automake's own build system
Date: Thu, 05 Apr 2012 18:37:24 +0200

Stefano Lattarini wrote:
> On 04/05/2012 06:10 PM, Jim Meyering wrote:
>>
>> [SNIP reasonable observations]
>>
>> Yes, but I haven't given up.
>>
> What about this: I conclude the transition to a non-recursive build
> system by creating a top-level monolithic Makefile.am, then we do whatever
> refactoring and de-duplication we can manage to, and finally we split out
> the monolith into sub-directory 'local.mk' files (we might do this one
> sub-directory at the time).  Notice that, despite the appearences, this
> won't introduce much extra churn, because the existing 'Makefile.am's
> would basically be re-written anyway in the transition to a non-recursive
> setup.

That sounds fine.
Thanks for keeping an open mind.



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