Re: bug#9088: Java, JARS primary?

2013-05-12 Thread Michael Zucchi
On 13/05/13 02:28, Stefano Lattarini wrote: > On 05/12/2013 06:29 AM, Michael Zucchi wrote: >> Using $? will not suffice as a dependency check, as it's trivially easy >> to create an example which will compile ok after a change but create a >> broken jar. e.g. add a new abstract method to an abstr

handling nested AM_CONDITIONAL via m4 vars

2013-05-12 Thread Mike Frysinger
the AM_CONDITIONAL documentation states it must always be executed. that's fine. but what if i want to be lazy? for example, i have code like so: AC_DEFUN([_FOKER_DEFINE], [dnl AC_DEFINE([FOKER_]$1[_]m4_toupper($3), [1], [Define is the ]$2[ is ]$3) ]) AC_DEFUN([_FOKER_ARCH], [_FOKER_DEFINE(

Re: install-strip variant that strips then installs?

2013-05-12 Thread Peter Johansson
On 05/08/2013 02:12 AM, Rhys Ulerich wrote: I gather that 'make install-strip' installs and then strips binaries. Is there some variant that reverses the order? If not, any recommendations for how to write one in an Automake-compliant manner? Hi Rhys, I'm tempted to believe the DESTDIR featu

Re: bug#9088: Java, JARS primary?

2013-05-12 Thread Russ Allbery
Stefano Lattarini writes: > On 05/12/2013 06:29 AM, Michael Zucchi wrote: >> Hi again, >> >> I (mostly) just have an observation to add to the bug tracker discussion >> on the dependency generation. >> >> Using $? will not suffice as a dependency check, as it's trivially easy >> to create an ex

Re: bug#9088: Java, JARS primary?

2013-05-12 Thread Stefano Lattarini
On 05/12/2013 06:29 AM, Michael Zucchi wrote: > Hi again, > > I (mostly) just have an observation to add to the bug tracker discussion > on the dependency generation. > > Using $? will not suffice as a dependency check, as it's trivially easy > to create an example which will compile ok after a c

Re: install-strip variant that strips then installs?

2013-05-12 Thread Gavin Smith
On Tue, May 7, 2013 at 5:12 PM, Rhys Ulerich wrote: > I gather that 'make install-strip' installs and then strips binaries. > Is there some variant that reverses the order? If not, any > recommendations for how to write one in an Automake-compliant manner? > > My unstripped binaries are absurdly