Re: [PATCH] build: enable the 'subdir-objects' Automake option globally

[Jim Meyering]

Stefano Lattarini wrote:
> This is not strictly required now (it will be once we make more
> parts of the coreutils build system non-recursive), but enabling
> it early help to ensure that we don't unwittingly introduce any
> incompatibility or subtle breakage that might get to bite us later.
>
> * configure.ac (AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE): Add  'subdir-objects'.
>
> Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <address@hidden>
> ---
>  configure.ac | 3 ++-
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
> index 5651fd1..83b9fea 100644
> --- a/configure.ac
> +++ b/configure.ac
> @@ -32,7 +32,8 @@ AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src/ls.c])
>  AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR([build-aux])
>  AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([lib/config.h:lib/config.hin])
>
> -AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([1.11.1 no-dist-gzip dist-xz color-tests parallel-tests])
> +AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([1.11.1 no-dist-gzip dist-xz color-tests parallel-tests
> +                  subdir-objects])

Thanks.  That looks fine.
I adjusted log message wording to this (also removing S-o-b):

  This is not strictly required now (it will be once we make more
  parts of the coreutils build system non-recursive), but enabling
  it early helps to ensure that we don't unwittingly introduce any
  incompatibility or subtle breakage later.

  * configure.ac (AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE): Add  'subdir-objects'.