Re: [PATCH] gnulib-tool: new option --gnu-make

[Paul Eggert]

On 03/13/2017 02:07 AM, Bruno Haible wrote:
> Do we need to revisit the Makefile.am section of all modules/* files?
> Are there anti-patterns that should not be used in modules files when
> a module should be usable with GNU Make instead of Automake?

Anything that uses an Automake-specific feature other than "if FOO / 
else / endif" would be suspect, yes. For example, I suppose there would 
be trouble if a module uses the Automake syntax "if FOO / else !FOO / 
endif !FOO". Although this particular feature should be easy for 
gnulib-tool to support, I imagine other Automake features wouldn't be.

I didn't look for problems systematically; I looked only in the modules 
that Emacs uses, none of which had problems (which is a good sign...).