Automake: problem report about SUBDIRS

[Harald Dunkel]

Hi folks,

my Makefile.am deep inside a subdirectory contained this:

        :
        SUBDIRS = unittests \
                ../generic_datainterface \
                ../generic_resource_type \
                ../generic_memorymodel \
                ../hub_backend \
                ../genesys_support \
                . \
        #       ../generic_int_type \
        #       ../multi_loader \
        #       ../ldb
        
        lib_LIBRARIES = \
        :

There was no error message. But there was no SUBDIRS
in the generated Makefile, either. The subdirs were not
built.

The problem seems to be related to the '\' in front of a
comment line.

After changing SUBDIRS to

        SUBDIRS = unittests \
                ../generic_datainterface \
                ../generic_resource_type \
                ../generic_memorymodel \
                ../hub_backend \
                ../genesys_support \
                .
        #       ../generic_int_type \
        #       ../multi_loader \
        #       ../ldb


the problem was gone.


Regards

Harri