On Thu, 6 Feb 2003, VISHWANATH B.V. wrote:
> There are some .cc files in a directory and some more .cc files in a
> directory under this. Whenever i do a make from the parent directory, it
> enters the sub directory and compiles SOME of the files in that directory
> and returns to the parent dir
I people,
Here is new chapter I would like to append to the Automake manual.
As English is obviously not my mother tongue, and because I know
some people have strong opinions about some of the issues
discussed, I'd appreciate any comments.
I've tried to stay neutral, but I'm pretty sure some peo
On Thu, 6 Feb 2003, Alexandre Duret-Lutz wrote:
> As English is obviously not my mother tongue, and because I know
> some people have strong opinions about some of the issues
> discussed, I'd appreciate any comments.
Don't beat yourself up too much - your english is fine :)
> Cheerio,
^^^
Yo
>>> "Ronald" == Ronald Landheer-Cieslak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
[...]
Ronald> I beg to differ: use the -d option with import keeps
Ronald> the modification time, and The "commit" command retains
Ronald> the timestamp of the file, if the act of checking it in
Ronald> didn't change it (by e
> Why doesn't Automake support wildcards?
> ===
>
>Developers are lazy. People often they would like to use wildcards
> in `Makefile.am's so they don't need to remember they have to update
> `Makefile.am's every time they add, delete, or rename a file.
>
>
Here is a rewrite of this CVS/timestamp section.
I hope it's more accurate.
Background: CVS and timestamps
--
Unless you use CVS keywords (in which case files are rewritten before
commit), CVS preserves timestamp during `cvs commit' and `cvs import
-d' operations.
Hi Bruce!
>>> "Bruce" == Bruce Korb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
[...]
Bruce> You left out an argument in favor: the add-on files are self
Bruce> contained. I, in fact, intentionally make it very simple to
Bruce> add expression files to AutoGen. :-) You add a file named
Bruce> ``exprMumbl
Hello.
[ I've redirected this to [EMAIL PROTECTED], since it's not really about a
patch anymore. ]
Alexandre Duret-Lutz wrote:
[snip]
> Richard> On further investigation it seems to be a bug in the
> Richard> DJGPP port of automake. There's something weird going
> Richard> on with the autocon
Alexandre Duret-Lutz wrote:
>
> Hi Bruce!
Hi, ALexandre! :-)
> I think we agree. The last sentence in this section was meant
> to imply such a patch would be considered, would someone mind
> enough to work it out.
I missed that nuance. :)
> Bruce> We have philosophical differences.
>
> F
