Karl Berry <k...@freefriends.org> writes: > if DISTRIBUTE_CHANGELOG > ChangeLog: > echo nop > endif > > I haven't had a chance to test this, but how about making the conditional > merely define a variable, and a fallback ChangeLog rule, as in: > > if DISTRIBUTE_CHANGELOG > ChangeLog_target = ChangeLog > else > ChangeLog_target = no_ChangeLog > ChangeLog: > endif > $(ChangeLog_target): > make changelog > > I admit I still haven't got my mind wrapped very firmly around this > scenario :), so I might be way off. Just a thought. --best, karl.
That is brilliant! I needed to add the ChangeLog into EXTRA_DIST
manually, but on the other hand, there does not seem to be any need for
the targets to differ. The following seems -- as verified by some
casual testing -- to do what I want:
--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
if DISTRIBUTE_CHANGELOG
EXTRA_DIST += ChangeLog
endif
ChangeLog = ChangeLog
$(ChangeLog):
[... bunch of git log mangling ...]
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
Thanks a lot, this is quite clever way to side-step the issue. ^_^
Should I attempt to write a patch documenting this workaround or is this
too niche of a problem?
Tomas
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