>>>>> "Akim" == Akim Demaille <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Akim> This patch and a couple of following patches are breaking
Akim> Automake. That was the easiest path to finish cleaning up the
Akim> variable handling. This series of patches ends with patches
Akim> that fix some of these issues.
Akim> It took me hours to do that, I'd like not to be asked to rewrite
Akim> everything so that Automake is never broken, as there are
Akim> zillions of ramifications here and there that are extremely hard
Akim> to keep alive.
Ok, but since I don't know the final patch in the series, if I don't
get to it please hold off committing until I do.
I'm hoping to do a fair number of patches this afternoon though.
Akim> cat > Makefile.am << 'END'
Akim> [...]
Akim> DEPS = @DEPS@
Akim> [...]
Akim> END
Akim> But the policy up to now is `let the user shoot in her foot if
Akim> she wants to', therefore patch 42 reestablishes this right.
Akim> Maybe in the future we should issue warnings in these cases?
Akim> It's her right to shoot in her foot, but law requires that you
Akim> inform her of her rights :)
Yeah, we have to continue to allow this.
There are weird cases where you really do want to do it.
This patch is ok.
Tom
