Bug, I'd guess. Why does automake/autoconf assume it is "in charge" of the directory structure?
H -- > On Sat, 2002-08-03 at 09:55, Harlan Stenn wrote: > > Is it a bug or a feature that when using automake+autoconf there Must be a > > top-level Makefile? > > > > I tried to write a test case for automake (debugging the AM_CONDITIONAL > > slowdown problem I'm seeing) and I wrote a top-level configure.ac that only > > specified the following outputs: > > > > AC_CONFIG_FILE(a/Makefile) > > AC_CONFIG_FILE(b/Makefile) > > AC_OUTPUT > > > > and when I ran automake on this I never got either of those Makefile.in's > > generated. > > > > What gives? > > Feature I guess :}. It doesn't make a lot of sense to have a > non-existence top level Makefile, as you'd never recurse down the tree > :}. > > Rob >
