On 03/28/2012 05:52 PM, Paul Eggert wrote: > On 03/28/2012 06:45 AM, Tim Landscheidt wrote: >> I thought about whether autoconf/automake could warn about >> these instances, but are included makefiles parsed at all? > > If memory serves, they are parsed, but not all > portability issues are caught automatically. > Exactly. Finding potential portability issues in makefile recipes without risking to give false positives is very tricky in most situations, so Automake prefers to play dumb in this regard (if memory serves me right).
Stefano
