Akim Demaille writes:
>
> Sorry, I'm confused, and the documentation snippet didn't really
> enlighten me :(
>
Hi Akim,
The reasoning was fairly tortured :)
To document the patsubst internal change I had to invent a contrived
example so that the user could see the expansion. That example has
problems...
There are two possible solutions:
* document patsubst in the context of the user dep files patch, where
the behavour is truly static.
* patsubst expand variables before they hit Makefile.in. (enabled by
an option to protect people (e.g. myself) who already abuse Automake
by passing through patsubst expressions).
>From your reaction, I suspect the second might be the better
solution. Unfortunately it is more work...
Cheers,
Alex.
