Re: [Bug-gnulib] getline & getline_safe

[Bruno Haible]

Derek Robert Price wrote:
> Why is are the headers in EXTRA_DIST instead of lib_SOURCES in
> modules/getline:
>
>       Makefile.am:
>       lib_SOURCES += getline.h
>       EXTRA_DIST += getndelim2.h getndelim2.c

You are right: the getndelim2.h could also be mentioned in lib_SOURCES
instead of EXTRA_DIST.

I like to put the .h and .c file together into the same variable,
for simplicity. So I'm proceeding according to this rule:

  - sources which are compiled regardless of platform go into lib_SOURCES,
  - all other sources go into EXTRA_DIST.

Your mileage might vary.

> Also, Automake discovers getndelim2 due to the AC_LIBOBJ call, so it is
> unecessary to have getndelim2 in EXTRA_DIST.

You are right again. Still I find it simpler to follow the above general rule
for distinguishing between lib_SOURCES and EXTRA_DIST, rather than make
case-by-case optimizations which depend on whether a file is .h or .c
and on the contents of the .m4 file.

Bruno