Re: gnulib-tool and line length: gl_LIBOBJS

[Bruno Haible]

Ralf Wildenhues wrote:
> The combined length of object names in gl_LIBOBJS can get pretty close
> to the line limit of some 'make' implementations,

How small is this limit?

> or, FWIW, the portable text file format limit.

What is this limit? I can edit text files with 10000 characters per line
in every editor.

Adding newlines and backslashes to an AC_SUBSTed value limits its use: It
can only be used in particular places of Makefiles.

If the line limit is a problem, I'd prefer to first move the unconditional
AC_LIBOBJs to the module description. They represent more than half of
gnulib's AC_LIBOBJ invocations.

Bruno