Benoit Sigoure wrote: > > gllib/Makefile.am:579: GPERF multiply defined in condition TRUE ... > > gllib/Makefile.am:548: ... `GPERF' previously defined here > ... > Do you think it would be an improvement if automake did not complain > because it could be clever enough to detect that even though the > variable is defined multiple times, it's always defined with the same > value?
No, I don't think this would be an improvement. The "one definition rule" is a basic principle of declarative languages. Automake has enough magic feature where it provides default values for variables that are not explicitly defined. Additional magic for merging conflicting definitions of the same variable would make things even more complex. Recall that still 99% of the Makefile.am files are written by hand, and allowing two lines GPERF = gperf ... GPERF = gperf is only an invitation to the developer to write GPERF = gperf ... GPERF = gperf -m 10 - and get an error message, which is not what he wanted. Bruno
