Re: TAR variable no effect when tar-pax is used

2022-11-22 Thread Karl Berry
Hi Jan, But when you set `tar_pax` in AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE, this comes out: I surmise that's left over from when the pax support was added. I don't see any reason not to use $(TAR) there now. It presumably shouldn't be too hard to fix. If you can devise a patch (and ideally test case), that woul

Re: Automatic dependency tracking when using non-depcomp tools

2022-11-22 Thread Karl Berry
Hi Hans - first, congratulations on getting this to work at all. I don't recall anyone else undertaking this. I'm afraid I don't have any particular insights, but just so you know someone read your mail: Question: Is it OK for me to hook into ./$(DEPDIR)/ at all? I could use