Re: Question marks in Makefile.in

2001-02-26 Thread Tom Tromey
Akim> I tend to think it is the same for mans.am. I think you're right. Man pages have to be handled specially. Nobody has ever complained about this not working right either. Tom

Re: Question marks in Makefile.in

2001-02-26 Thread Tom Tromey
> "Akim" == Akim Demaille <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Akim> * texinfos.am: No ?EXEC? hook as currently installing TEXINFOS is Akim> necessarily in infodir. Ok. Akim> -?EXEC??INSTALL-INFO?insexec-data-am: install-info-am Akim> -?!EXEC??INSTALL-INFO?install-data-am: install-in

Re: Question marks in Makefile.in

2001-02-26 Thread Tom Tromey
> "Akim" == Akim Demaille <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> * A user-defined directory is valid for any primary Akim> My understanding of texinfos.am is that this is not supported Akim> for _TEXINFOS. Yet? Should it? True, it isn't. I don't think we need to support it. Nobody has ever comp

Re: Question marks in Makefile.in

2001-02-26 Thread Akim Demaille
Akim Demaille <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > infodir is hardcoded, no means to have others. > > > > So at least currently this one does not need the ?EXEC? hook. If > > there is a bug, it needs much more work. I tend to think it is the same for mans.am. I don't fix it.

Re: Question marks in Makefile.in

2001-02-26 Thread Akim Demaille
Akim Demaille <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: FYI: > infodir is hardcoded, no means to have others. > > So at least currently this one does not need the ?EXEC? hook. If > there is a bug, it needs much more work. Index: ChangeLog from Akim Demaille <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * texinfos.am: No ?

Re: Question marks in Makefile.in

2001-02-26 Thread Akim Demaille
Tom Tromey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > For a given primary we try to detect which directories are valid. > > * A user-defined directory is valid for any primary My understanding of texinfos.am is that this is not supported for _TEXINFOS. Yet? Should it? ?EXEC??INSTALL-INFO?install-exec-am:

Re: Question marks in Makefile.in

2001-02-26 Thread Akim Demaille
Tom Tromey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > * A user-defined directory is valid for any primary But obeys the m/exec/ rule. Which means my assumption that programs.am etc. did not need the ?EXEC? hooks was wrong. OK, thanks! > * The valid standard directories are chosen on a per-primary basis. >

Re: Question marks in Makefile.in

2001-02-26 Thread Lars J. Aas
On Mon, Feb 26, 2001 at 04:25:31PM +0100, Akim Demaille wrote: : My suggestion is therefore that this should become : : ?AMDEP?@AMDEP@%FPFX%DEPMODE = @%FPFX%DEPMODE@ How about changing the ?VAR?/?!VAR? syntax to %VAR?%/%!VAR?% at the same time? Lars J

Re: Question marks in Makefile.in

2001-02-26 Thread Akim Demaille
Pavel Roskin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Nonetheless, given that we can never be sure to what extend the test > > suite exercise Automake, I would include it anyway: better have > > automake dying than make. Just imagine > > > > ?SOME-CONDITION-RARELY-TRUE? %SOME-PARAM-WE-FORGOT%. > > Ok

Re: Question marks in Makefile.in

2001-02-26 Thread Pavel Roskin
> Nonetheless, given that we can never be sure to what extend the test > suite exercise Automake, I would include it anyway: better have > automake dying than make. Just imagine > > ?SOME-CONDITION-RARELY-TRUE? %SOME-PARAM-WE-FORGOT%. Ok Regards, Pavel Roskin

Re: Question marks in Makefile.in

2001-02-26 Thread Akim Demaille
Pavel Roskin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I mean, this check is _probably_ not necessary on a user system, since the > users will use well tested versions of Automake. But I don't have a strong > opinion. A fast and simple check should not be a big deal. > > Developers of Automake, however, sho

Re: Question marks in Makefile.in

2001-02-26 Thread Pavel Roskin
Hello, Akim! > > Maybe it's not necessary to check the output since the user is highly > > unlikely to use ?FOO? in Makefile.am. I understand it's an internal > > mechanism for Automake, not exposed to users. > > > > However, an optional check would be appropriate. It could be turned on in > > th

Re: Question marks in Makefile.in

2001-02-26 Thread Akim Demaille
Pavel Roskin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hello, Akim! > > > > ?EXEC?insexec-data-am: install-info-am > > > ?!EXEC?install-data-am: install-info-am > > By the way, it will be nice to have a test that actually fails in absense > of insexec-data-am or install-data-am. Err, insexec does not exis

Re: Question marks in Makefile.in

2001-02-26 Thread Pavel Roskin
Hello, Akim! > > ?EXEC?insexec-data-am: install-info-am > > ?!EXEC?install-data-am: install-info-am By the way, it will be nice to have a test that actually fails in absense of insexec-data-am or install-data-am. > Still, this bug can be easily detected by automake. But @FOO@ bugs Maybe it's

Re: Question marks in Makefile.in

2001-02-25 Thread Tom Tromey
> "Akim" == akim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Akim> I will look at this tomorrow and fix it. Without looking at the Akim> code, I think I must have been somewhat too systematic Iin Akim> inserting ?EXEC?, I don't think info page should depend on exec Akim> vs. data. Tom? I'm not sure of my

Re: Question marks in Makefile.in

2001-02-25 Thread akim
On Sun, Feb 25, 2001 at 04:31:43PM -0500, Pavel Roskin wrote: > Hello, Akim! > > The version 1.272 of the top-level Makefile.in that you submitted today to > the Automake CVS contains the following lines: > > ?EXEC?insexec-data-am: install-info-am > ?!EXEC?install-data-am: install-info-am > > I

Question marks in Makefile.in

2001-02-25 Thread Pavel Roskin
Hello, Akim! The version 1.272 of the top-level Makefile.in that you submitted today to the Automake CVS contains the following lines: ?EXEC?insexec-data-am: install-info-am ?!EXEC?install-data-am: install-info-am I believe those question marks are supposed to be processed by Automake. They sho