tags 8360 + patch

close 8360

thanks

On Thursday 01 September 2011, Stefano Lattarini wrote:

> Resurrecting an old thread, for reference see:

> <http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=8360>

>

> On Saturday 09 April 2011, Ralf Wildenhues wrote:

> > Anyway, in this case it gets things wrong due to the TAB. Solution is

> > to remove the TAB before the colon, maybe replacing it with a number of

> > spaces. Then everything will work out fine.

> >

> I've ended up writing a documentation patch for this, as well for another

> unrelated limitation encountered by Roberto Bagnara in an older thread on

> the automake list, see:

> <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake/2010-08/msg00074.html>

> Since I was at it, I've written two tests verifying the documented

> behaviour.

>

> I will wait a few hours before pushing (to maint), to allow for reviews.

>

> Regards,

> Stefano

>

I've pushed the patch now:

<http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake-patches/2011-09/msg00002.html>

and I'm closing this bug report.

Regards,

Stefano