Tom Tromey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> What is the `dist-all' target used for? I see it is collected in
> %dependencies.
It makes all the flavors of dists.
Mon Sep 23 00:04:48 1996 Tom Tromey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
* automake.in (initialize_global_constants): Define %dist,
dist_header, dist_trailer.
(handle_dist): Make dist-all target.
> Does it really make sense for us to also have `clean' hooks? This
> seems pointless.
It seems, indeed. But I'm driven by regularity.
> I think your patch adds this.
It does indeed.
> If you do that please update the documentation.
I'll stick this in TODO and address it once I'm sure that's what we
want.
> Akim> + # FIXME: Why not be as liberal as we are with -local hooks?
>
> Sometimes there's no point.
Yep, but it means more case by case in the code, hence in the
documentation, hence the user has more to learn :)
> Akim> + foreach ('install-exec', 'install-data')
>
> dist-hook could also be handled here.
I have not finished the dist family yet :(
