bug#9088: Java, JARS primary?

2013-05-11 Thread Michael Zucchi
Hi again, I (mostly) just have an observation to add to the bug tracker discussion on the dependency generation. Using $? will not suffice as a dependency check, as it's trivially easy to create an example which will compile ok after a change but create a broken jar. e.g. add a new abstract metho

bug#13378: More work on subdir-objects, AC_PROG_CC and AM_PROG_CC_C_O

2013-05-11 Thread Stefano Lattarini
Reference: Hello everybody, sorry for the delay. This follow-up is looong overdue. On 01/14/2013 11:23 AM, Stefano Lattarini wrote: > On 01/13/2013 10:06 PM, Nick Bowler wrote: >> On 2013-01-13, Stefano Lattarini wrote: >> >>> Another use

bug#9088: Java, JARS primary?

2013-05-11 Thread Michael Zucchi
Hi Stefano, On 10/05/13 22:15, Stefano Lattarini wrote: > So, if you are willing to go ahead, you might want to clone the Automake > git repository, read the HACKING file, and start perusing the files > 'bin/automake.in' and 'lib/am/*.am' for "inspiration". Thanks for all this information. I wr