* Stefano Lattarini wrote on Sun, Aug 08, 2010 at 12:44:32PM CEST: > At Sunday 08 August 2010, Ralf Wildenhues wrote: > > > -$FGREP 'generic/a.$(OBJEXT)' Makefile.in > > > +grep '^generic/a\.\$(OBJEXT):' Makefile.in > > > > Some day I'll add initial and trailing space to the target names of > > all generated rules to see how portable our test suite is ... ;-) > I assume the change is OK, though... is it?
Are you trying to resurrect the discussion about whether tests should exploit internal details more than necessary? We've been there before, I think. > > > -cat > foo/Makefile.am << 'EOF' > > > +cat > foo/Makefile.am << 'END' > > > > > > AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = subdir-objects > > > bin_PROGRAMS = mumble > > > mumble_SOURCES = bar/a.c > > > > > > -EOF > > > +END > > > > Another one of those needless changes. > It is to enhance consistency within the test script... should I revert > it nonetheless? I don't really care. In my very humble opinion, such questions take time that could be used more productively on Automake development. > Also, what about squashing in this additiona change, to avoid a > useless fork (and a useless involution)? Sure. Cheers, Ralf