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Re: 26-makesort.patch
Akim Demaille <akim@epita.fr> writes:
[snip]
> For instance, I find it quite annoying to have to know that Automake
> knows the -local targets: the code of 25 makes it possible for users
> to have just there own `clean:' target which will be appended to the
> existing code.
That seems counter to current 'automake' behaviour. IIRC, if automake
sees a "special" target in Makefile.am, it won't generate code for
that target. E.g., if the Makefile.am has a 'check:' target, the
builtin test harness will not be generated.
- Hari
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