On 2015-04-06 06:44 -0700, Arthur Schwarz wrote:
> Automake manual pg. 120
When referencing the manual it is best to provide section numbers,
and also quote the section title. Ideally, further include a brief
quotation of the text you are discussing.
Page numbers:
(a) don't exist in non-print formats, and
(b) change over time.
Section headings suffer from (b) too but to a much lesser degree.
This is important not only so that we can figure out what part of the
manual is being discussed today, but also so that 10+ years from now,
someone searching can find this question can understand the context.
> Does anyone know where AM_TAP_AWK is defined and what it does?
I assume we are talking about ยง15.4.2 "Use TAP with the Automake test
harness"[1], specifically this line in the example:
TEST_LOG_DRIVER = env AM_TAP_AWK='$(AWK)' $(SHELL) \
$(top_srcdir)/build-aux/tap-driver.sh
AM_TAP_AWK is defined right there, in the example code. Its purpose is
to tell the tap-driver.sh program which AWK program to use.
[1]
https://gnu.org/software/automake/manual/automake.html#Use-TAP-with-the-Automake-test-harness
Cheers,
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Nick Bowler, Elliptic Technologies (http://www.elliptictech.com/)
