Subject: bug#12845: [PATCH] aclocal: tracing AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIRS can work with older autoconf as well

From: Eric Blake <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2012 06:13:25 -0700

On 11/15/2012 06:08 AM, Stefano Lattarini wrote:
>> Is _AM_EXTRA_RECURSIVE_TARGETS ever traced in any released version of
>> automake?
>>
> No, that's why I wanted to remove it.
> 
>> If so, you can't remove it from the pre-selections, even if
>> newer automake no longer traces it.  Basically, the preselections must
>> be the union of anything that any released autotool wants to trace.
>>
> I was aware of this.  But thanks for spelling it out explicitly anyway.

Glad to hear we're on the same page, then.  And saves me the effort of
researching something in a codebase you are more familiar with :O)

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