Re: [Automake-NG] [FYI] general: include verbatim makefile fragments in output Makefiles

[Akim Demaille]

Le 2 août 2012 à 11:47, Stefano Lattarini a écrit :

> Instead of copying their contents in each output Makefile.
> 
> * automake.in (verbatim): Instead of copying the given Makefile fragment
> in the output makefile, copy it in the '.mk' subdirectory of the top-level
> source directory (i.e., the one automake is being run into).  And return
> a proper "include" directive that will allow GNU make to include that
> fragment in the generated Makefile at make runtime.
> * lib/am/distdir.am: Distribute the '.mk' subdirectory of the top-level
> source directory, with the help of ...
> (am.dist.mk-files): ... this new internal variable.
> * .gitignore: Add the '.mk' directory.
> * Makefile.am (amhello_configury): Likewise.
> * t/all2.sh: Adjust.
> * t/ax/depcomp.sh: Likewise.
> * t/ax/tap-setup.sh: Likewise.
> * t/check.sh: Likewise.
> * t/distdir.sh: Likewise.
> * t/installdir.sh: Likewise.
> * t/noinst.sh: Likewise.
> * t/phony.sh: Likewise.
> * t/spell.sh: Likewise.
> * t/spell2.sh: Likewise.
> * t/conflnk2.sh: Adjust, and refactor a bit while we are at it.
> * t/serial-tests.sh: Likewise (greatly simplifying it in the process).
> * t/txinfo-rules-once.sh: Remove: its grepping tests has been rendered
> almost all obsolete, and it would be to time-consuming to try to update
> them.
> * t/dejagnu.sh: Remove as obsolete.
> * t/instexec.sh: Likewise.
> * t/clean.sh: Likewise.

I like very much the idea, but I don't really like the name.  Why hide it?  It 
will show anyway.  IMHO, this should be build-aux/automake/ or build-aux/mk.