What does subdir-objects do?

2013-09-01 Thread Kerrick Staley
Hi, I'm having trouble understanding what the subdir-objects option does. The project I'm building [1] prints a warning when building without subdir-objects: libgd/Makefile.am:29: warning: source file 'libgd/gd-types-catalog.c' is in a subdirectory, libgd/Makefile.am:29: but option 'subdir-object

Re: What did AM_ ever do to you?

2013-04-30 Thread Kerrick Staley
indefinitely—a little extra work on your part, but much less stress for everyone else. Just my 2c worth. - Kerrick On Mon, Apr 22, 2013 at 1:09 AM, Kerrick Staley wrote: > For unknown reasons, Automake seems to have decided to deprecate symbols > of the form AM_* in favor of symbols of t

What did AM_ ever do to you?

2013-04-22 Thread Kerrick Staley
For unknown reasons, Automake seems to have decided to deprecate symbols of the form AM_* in favor of symbols of the form AC_*. The suffix is the same, the semantics are the same; the only difference is the one little character. In light of this, I ask: What did AM_ ever do to you? What makes you o