Akim> My goal was to follow strictly the syntax of Make so that people
Akim> don't have several syntaxes to learn, and more than one way to
Akim> shoot in their foot.
Automake doesn't really support make syntax, it just pretends to.
There are some differences. For instance a macro definition can
On Wed, Jan 31, 2001 at 11:19:37AM -0700, Tom Tromey wrote:
> > "Akim" == Akim Demaille <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> Akim> * automake.in (file_contents): Rewrite: instead of trying to parse
> Akim> it line by line, first swallow it completely into $CONTENTS,
> Akim>
> "Akim" == Akim Demaille <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Akim> * automake.in (file_contents): Rewrite: instead of trying to parse
Akim> it line by line, first swallow it completely into $CONTENTS,
Akim> *then*, parse it *paragraph* by paragraph.
I see this went in.
What is the rationale f
Index: ChangeLog
from Akim Demaille <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
* automake.in (file_contents): Rewrite: instead of trying to parse
it line by line, first swallow it completely into $CONTENTS,
*then*, parse it *paragraph* by paragraph.
Index: automake.in
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