bug#45013: Using a different tags program

2020-12-03 Thread Reuben Thomas via Bug reports for Automake
On Thu, 3 Dec 2020 at 22:17, Karl Berry wrote: > Hi Reuben, > > There doesn't seem to be a way for the user to configure a different > ctags program > > I don't know of anything to the contrary. So ... would you be up for > making a patch to support it :)? Etags too, I guess? At least the

bug#45013: Using a different tags program

2020-12-03 Thread Karl Berry
Hi Reuben, There doesn't seem to be a way for the user to configure a different ctags program I don't know of anything to the contrary. So ... would you be up for making a patch to support it :)? Etags too, I guess? At least they seem to be treated in the same way. --thanks, karl.

bug#20699: bug#37499: Wrong location of deps directory when using AC_SUBST

2020-12-03 Thread Karl Berry
Either source files like this, which lie outside the subtree of the current Makefile.am, should either be documented as frowned upon, or they must be treated correctly. To be treated correctly, IMHO they must avoid breaking the distcheck target. I agree. I added a caveat to the ma