Re: [PATCH] etags support

[Raja R Harinath <harinath at cs dot umn dot edu>]

Hi,

"Derek R. Price" <derek.price@openavenue.com> writes:
> I added rudimentary support for different implementations of etags (read
> the one Automake expects and Exuberent etags) since they take slightly
> different options.  Exuberent etags is the version distributed with
> RedHat Linux 6.2 & I believe Debian and a few others.
>
> What version of etags was Automake expecting and where can I get it?

I guess it expects to find the version that's distributed as part of
Emacs. 

> I added a macro to test for the presence of etags and whether it
> supports "--etags-include=<file>" or "-i <file>" for includes.

If Exuberent etags is supposed to be a drop-in replacement for Emacs
etags, it should support the same options.  Otherwise, it is a bug in
the distribution if it gives you a "non-standard" etags (you can call
the Emacs etags the "standard").

- Hari
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