On 02/05/2013 02:01 AM, Miles Bader wrote: > %...% seems nice to me. > I'm fine to settle for that (see my reply to last mail from Peter for more details).
> Incidentally, given the name, I assume the name "reldir" always refers > to a relative path? What is it relative to again? > The path of the Makefile.am currently being processed. > If I want to refer > to a source file, do I write "$(srcdir)/%reldir%/filename" (as opposed > to e.g. "$(top_srcdir)/%reldir%/filename")? > Yes; and I think we should add a test for this, since it might be a very important use case (thanks for bringing it up, BTW). > ... and "canon_reldir" means the same thing, except canonicalized? > Yes, "canonicalized" in a sense quite specific to Automake: <http://www.gnu.org/software/automake/manual/automake.html#Canonicalization> So, for example, if %reldir% expands to 'foo/bar-baz.d', '%canon-reldir%' will expand to 'foo_bar_baz_d'. > [In other words, still always relative, e.g. by converting to an > absolute canonical name using some sort of truename function, and > then removing the source-directory prefix.] > Not at all; see above. Thanks, Stefano
