bug#35526: misleading documentation about flag variable ordering

2019-05-01 Thread Daniel Kahn Gillmor
On Wed 2019-05-01 14:28:01 -0400, Nick Bowler wrote: > On 5/1/19, Daniel Kahn Gillmor wrote: >> https://www.gnu.org/software/automake/manual/automake.html#Flag-Variables-Ordering >> says: >> >> The reason ‘$(CPPFLAGS)’ appears after ‘$(AM_CPPFLAGS)’ or >>

bug#35526: misleading documentation about flag variable ordering

2019-05-01 Thread Daniel Kahn Gillmor
https://www.gnu.org/software/automake/manual/automake.html#Flag-Variables-Ordering says: The reason ‘$(CPPFLAGS)’ appears after ‘$(AM_CPPFLAGS)’ or ‘$(mumble_CPPFLAGS)’ in the compile command is that users should always have the last say. The implication here is that for any of the *

documentation bug about AM_MAINTAINER_MODE?

2009-03-05 Thread Daniel Kahn Gillmor
hey good GNU folks-- I'm still trying to wrap my head around the autotools suite, so this may very well not be a bug. Feel free to tell me if if i'm mixed up. In the documentation for AM_MAINTAINER_MODE [0], it states: > People use AM_MAINTAINER_MODE either because they do want their users > (o