On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 10:39 PM, Allan Caffee <allan.caf...@gmail.com> wrote: > The patch series that follows is intended to improve (hopefully replace) the > existing macro AX_ADD_AM_MACRO. The purpose being to address the fact that > this macro does _not_ create rules for Automake but rather writes a file to be > included by Make itself. The first patch in the series includes the real meat > of the change. The second and third patches modify other existing macros to > make use of the changes, and hopefully illustrate the nature of the changes. > > I'm CCing the Automake list on this series so that they can offer their input > on the potential pros and cons. > > The only thing that's been modified since the first iteration is how > AX_DIST_RPM and AX_INSTALL_FILES clean up after themselves. Also I'm > considering using AS_ESCAPE to reduce/eliminate the amount of quotation > required for Automake snippets. (Or maybe I could just use single > quotes.) There shouldn't be any need for shell variables to be expanded > anymore (since they should really be using AC_SUBST anyway). And of > course that should substantially increase the legibility.
Any word as to whether this series will make it into the official distribution of the Autoconf archive? ~Allan
