Re: [Automake-NG] [PATCH 12/17] [ng] warns: don't report possible issues with '_DEPENDENCIES' variables

[Stefano Lattarini]

Hi Akim.

On 05/22/2012 11:21 PM, Akim Demaille wrote:
> 
> Le 22 mai 2012 à 22:50, Stefano Lattarini a écrit :
> 
>> +* Automake-NG is less smart than mainline Automake in detecting some kind
>> +  of possible typos or suspicious usages at automake runtime.  This is due
>> +  to the fact that more processing and logic takes place in the generated
>> +  Makefiles rather than in the automake script, so that the latter has
>> +  access to less context and information.
> 
> You should explain why this is good.
> 
It is *not* good; it is a trade-off.  A hopefully temporary trade-off, since
this limitation can eventually be lifted once we've moved enough logic from
the automake scripts into the generated Makefiles.

Hmmm...  but now that I think about it, in this case at least, we could move
such logic right away, moving the checks from the 'check_typos' function into
a makefile fragment which, using the $(.VARIABLES) special variable, looks for
DEPENDENCIES variables missing a proper corresponding entry in PROGRAMS (and
LIBRARIES and ...)  This could be done as a follow-up on the top of this patch,
and then merged back into ng/master.  WDYT?

Regards,
  Stefano