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Re: tags and config.in when srcdir!=builddir
- To: Kevin Ryde <user42 at zip dot com dot au>
- Subject: Re: tags and config.in when srcdir!=builddir
- From: Tom Tromey <tromey at cygnus dot com>
- Date: 20 Aug 2000 00:59:44 -0600
- Cc: automake at gnu dot org
- References: <874s4imcwb.fsf@zip.com.au>
- Reply-To: tromey at cygnus dot com
>>>>> "Kevin" == Kevin Ryde <user42@zip.com.au> writes:
Kevin> Using a recent cvs automake, I tried "make TAGS" in a separate
Kevin> object directory, but the etags command got config.in without a
Kevin> $(srcdir) path. Perhaps the @CONFIG@ in tags.am should be in
Kevin> the list that gets uniquified and checked for needing
Kevin> $(srcdir). The same might apply to $(LISP) there too, but I
Kevin> haven't tried that.
Yeah, you're probably right. That seems like an easy change to make
in tags.am.
Kevin> Actually, etags by default doesn't match anything in a
Kevin> config.in containing only #undefs, so this isn't important,
Kevin> it's just to get the target to go through. Maybe tags on the
Kevin> generated config.h would be more use.
I think so too.
Tom