On Sat, 2002-08-03 at 09:50, Harlan Stenn wrote: > I've done a bit more testing. > > The slowdown happens if I only modify 1 Makefile.am, and it seems to be > related to using SUBDIRS inside an AM_CONDITIONAL. > > If I change the Makefile.am to use a non-SUBDIRS variable inside the > conditional autmake zips right along.
Can you post your example? The usual approach to SUBDIRS is something like: DIST_SUBDIRS = every subdir you may or may not want SUBDIRS = every compulsory subdir @optionalsubdirlist1@ @optionalsubdirlist2@ Are you doing something different? Rob
