allow (sub)packages to share files in subpackages

2006-01-12 Thread Ralf Wildenhues
[ Please remove libtool-patches from followups; this is merely to make them aware of this discussion ] This proposed patch is short, but requires some more explanation: In CVS Libtool, libltdl may be used as a subpackage within third- party packages; this is nothing new: 1.5.x has this, too[1].

Re: allow (sub)packages to share files in subpackages

2006-03-17 Thread Alexandre Duret-Lutz
>>> "RW" == Ralf Wildenhues <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: [...] RW> [3] The $(MAKE) invocation for the subpackage `distdir' is not RW> portable to all `make' implementation (as not all allow to override RW> set macros from the command line); this requirement does not change RW> with the patch.

Re: allow (sub)packages to share files in subpackages

2006-03-20 Thread Ralf Wildenhues
Hi Alexandre, * Alexandre Duret-Lutz wrote on Sat, Mar 18, 2006 at 08:37:57AM CET: > >>> "RW" == Ralf Wildenhues <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > RW> [3] The $(MAKE) invocation for the subpackage `distdir' is not > RW> portable to all `make' implementation (as not all allow to override > RW> set

Re: allow (sub)packages to share files in subpackages

2006-03-22 Thread Alexandre Duret-Lutz
>>> "RW" == Ralf Wildenhues <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: RW> Hi Alexandre, RW> * Alexandre Duret-Lutz wrote on Sat, Mar 18, 2006 at 08:37:57AM CET: >> >>> "RW" == Ralf Wildenhues <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: RW> [3] The $(MAKE) invocation for the subpackage `distdir' is not RW> portable to all

Re: allow (sub)packages to share files in subpackages

2006-03-22 Thread Ralf Wildenhues
Hi Alexandre, * Alexandre Duret-Lutz wrote on Thu, Mar 23, 2006 at 07:31:56AM CET: > >>> "RW" == Ralf Wildenhues <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > RW> Hmm. AFAIK the make launched won't necessarily override the > RW> distdir = $(PACKAGE)-$(VERSION) > > RW> which it reads from the Makefile, wit