[dropping debbugs, adding automake] [stemming from discussion about automake bug#7657: <http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=7657>]
On Tuesday 21 December 2010, Ralf Wildenhues wrote: > * Stefano Lattarini wrote on Tue, Dec 21, 2010 at 01:55:39PM CET: > > On Sunday 19 December 2010, Ralf Wildenhues wrote: > > > * Stefano Lattarini wrote on Fri, Dec 17, 2010 at 12:19:40PM CET: > > > > xmandir = $(mandir) # we want info files installed in $(mandir) > > > > because ... > > > > xman_TEXINFOS = foo.texi > > > > > > (And the inline comment is of course not ok ;-) > > > > (Maybe it's time to deprecate them too in the manual ...) > > I don't see how they were ever not problematic. Well, at least given > the autoconf.texi general warnings about comments in makefiles. > Ah, but AFAIK, make comments are problematic only in makefile *rules*, not in variable definitions: VAR = foo bar # a probably portable comment tgt:; touch $@ # a bad unportable commen Try also to search: ^[^\t#].*=.*\s# file:^Makefile\.am$ with google code search (not many entries, luckily, but still). Regards, Stefano
