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Re: [PATCH 1/2] build: Move included files to subdirectories.


From: Ludovic Courtès
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] build: Move included files to subdirectories.
Date: Sun, 17 Apr 2016 00:54:22 +0200
User-agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.5 (gnu/linux)

Mathieu Lirzin <address@hidden> skribis:

> address@hidden (Ludovic Courtès) writes:
>
>> Eric Bavier <address@hidden> skribis:
>>>
>>> I don't prefer the "local.mk" convention.  It becomes
>>> non-obvious that the file is input for Automake, and the name loses any
>>> descriptive power.
>>
>> I have mixed feelings (notably because file names in those .mk files
>> remain relative to $top_srcdir, which can be confusing and will make M-/
>> useless).
>
> I didn't know about M-/ :)
>
> To emphasize how the file names relate to the current directory of the
> ‘Makefile’ snippet, we could use ‘%reldir%’ or ‘%D%’ like describe in:
>
>   https://www.gnu.org/software/automake/manual/automake.html#Include
>
> Moreover this would makes the future move/rename of directories less
> troublesome.
>
> WDYT?

Hey, didn’t know about that one!  :-)

So yes, %D%, why not?

Ludo’.



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