On 04/05/2012 06:37 PM, Jim Meyering wrote: > Stefano Lattarini wrote: >> On 04/05/2012 06:10 PM, Jim Meyering wrote: >>> >>> [SNIP reasonable observations] >>> >>> Yes, but I haven't given up. >>> >> What about this: I conclude the transition to a non-recursive build >> system by creating a top-level monolithic Makefile.am, then we do whatever >> refactoring and de-duplication we can manage to, and finally we split out >> the monolith into sub-directory 'local.mk' files (we might do this one >> sub-directory at the time). Notice that, despite the appearences, this >> won't introduce much extra churn, because the existing 'Makefile.am's >> would basically be re-written anyway in the transition to a non-recursive >> setup. > > That sounds fine. > Thanks for keeping an open mind. > Thanks to you for being flexible and patient. I've committed the patch now. Soon more to follow, to remove the last make recursion (the one for the testsuite).
Regards, Stefano
