On 2013-04-19 19:26, Stefano Lattarini wrote:
> Since INCLUDES and AM_CPPFLAGS can be both used at the same time in a
> single project, and interact in a non-obvious way, switching away from
> INCLUDES is, unfortunately, not simply a matter of doing a mindless
> INCLUDES -> AM_CPPFLAGS substitution.  In fact, the transition from a
> "INCLUDES + CPPFLAGS" setup to a "AM_CPPFLAGS only" setup could cause
> subtle bugs to sneak into the build systems of the client packages
> doing the transition.  Forcing this risk upon our users is definitely
> not worth the small enhancement in consistency and cleanliness that
> the removal of INCLUDES would give us.
> 
> For a more extended rationale and related discussions, see:
> <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake/2013-02/msg00001.html>
> 
> This change basically reverts commit v1.13-8-g880595d.

Cool to see some commits again, and especially thanks for this one!

Cheers,
Peter


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