Am 05.01.2016 um 23:41 schrieb Gavin Smith: > On 5 January 2016 at 21:05, Thomas Martitz <ku...@rockbox.org> wrote: >> Automake source code is a myth to me, I wasn't able to find the code that >> implements this limitation (only the place where the warning is printed >> (variable_value() => $self->check_defined_unconditionally in Variable.pm) > > There's the following code in the top-level 'automake' script - > > if ($var) > { > # FIXME: should use the same Condition as > # the _SOURCES variable. But this is really > # silly overkill -- nobody should have > # conditional shortnames. > $dname = $var->variable_value; > } > > does that help? >
I saw that, but I couldn't make sense of it. What does that mean? I get that the developer deemed it overkill but I can't follow that reason. Best regards