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Re: AM_SUBST
- To: Thomas Tanner <tanner@ffii.org>
- Subject: Re: AM_SUBST
- From: Tom Tromey <tromey@cygnus.com>
- Date: Wed, 23 Jun 1999 22:36:33 -0700
- Cc: Tom Tromey <tromey@cygnus.com>, Alexandre Oliva <oliva@dcc.unicamp.br>, Automake List <automake@gnu.org>
- References: <NailMail.990623171417.tanner@ffii.org>
Thomas> If you AC_SUBST a lot of variables the Makefiles become
Thomas> unnecessarily big. It'd be certainly cleaner if automakes
Thomas> doesn't add all variables to the Makefiles, either by
Thomas> ignoring AC_SUBST() or maybe by ignoring those specified by
Thomas> AM_NO_SUBST()? The latter would be backward compatible.
I think it might be possible to change automake to only emit a macro
definition for those macros actually used. However, getting this
right is probably tricky, and the result seems to be cosmetic -- so it
isn't a very high priority.
T