Hi Stepan, * Stepan Kasal wrote on Mon, Oct 31, 2005 at 11:41:34AM CET: > > On Wed, Oct 19, 2005 at 09:45:47AM +0200, Alexandre Duret-Lutz wrote: > > > [...] What I want is just a way to say "dear Automake, > > > please ignore this substitution when generating Makefile.ins"; > > > i.e., I really want to talk to Automake,
> I don't think the AM_SUBST_IGNORE patch should be committed now. > > Ralf and I have come to a possible solution of the "Makefile.in bloat": > http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake/2005-10/msg00072.html > > If that is implemented, then the size of Makefile.in's will be no longer > affected by the number of AC_SUBSTed variables, so the need for the > feature won't be so strong. I believe AM_SUBST_IGNORE would still be useful. Not all setups will allow or want to choose the other solution, or benefit most from it. > Moreover, the implementation of the proposal quoted above would > force a significant change to the AM_SUBST_IGNORE implementation. Now I can't follow. Can you explain? Do you have an implementation of the "other solution" that will interfere with AM_SUBST_IGNORE? Then please show it, so we don't have to rely on speculation here. Cheers, Ralf
