Re: [PATCH] maint.mk: don't maintain a second build-aux variable.

[Gary V. Vaughan]

Hi Jim,

On 25 Oct 2011, at 00:37, Jim Meyering wrote:
> Gary V. Vaughan wrote:
>> 
>>  _build-aux = libltdl/build-aux
> 
> Wouldn't that break things for those who customize build_aux?

Ah, I see what you mean now (will it break for clients who are
customizing with build_aux already).

No, I don't think it will, because setting only build_aux in
cfg.mk is already unreliable, so clients will likely have had to
search for and customize _build-aux too.

I don't know whether it's worse to leave those folks with a half
working build by adding to my patch something like:

    build_aux ?= $(srcdir)/$(_build-aux)

But, I definitely like the idea of throwing an error if what
they have is inconsistent.  I'll await your reply and then roll
an updated patch.

Cheers,
-- 
Gary V. Vaughan (gary AT gnu DOT org)