On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 2:48 AM, NightStrike <nightstr...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 10:34 AM, Bob Friesenhahn > <bfrie...@simple.dallas.tx.us> wrote: >> On Fri, 12 Dec 2008, NightStrike wrote: >>> >>> I thought this only occurred when "maintainer mode" was turned on, and >>> that releases should be made with that turned off. Is that not how it >>> works? >> >> Maintainer mode is optional. Regardless, when using wildcards the >> maintainer (i.e. you) will become frustrated with the additional delay added >> to 'make'. It would be similar (or identical) to autotools regenerating the >> project every type you execute 'make'. > > Not if automake flattens it when running automake. The idea was that > automake would translate the wildcard into the full file list. >
Oh, nevermind.. You're saying that make will invoke automake to check to see if Makefile.in needs to be updated..... I understand, I think, what you were saying.
