Bruno Haible wrote: > Here's a proposed patch. It takes care to > - create getdate.c in the source directory, > - put into getdate.c #line statements that refer to "getdate.c", i.e. > don't depend on $(srcdir), > - use all Makefile variables that the automake generated .y.c rule would > use, > - interoperate with the automake flag 'silent-rules', > - not move a file onto itself. > > Jim, is that ok to commit? > > > 2010-04-28 Bruno Haible <br...@clisp.org> > > getdate: Generate getdate.c in the source directory. > * modules/getdate (Makefile.am): Add rule for getdate.c. Augment > MOSTLYCLEANFILES. > Suggested by Daniel Richard G. <sk...@iskunk.org> and Ralf Wildenhues.
Thanks, Bruno. That change looks fine, and passed some basic tests. I noticed that it provides the additional benefit of making the generated getdate.c file read-only. You're welcome to push that.
