GNU bug report logs - #13524
Improving user experience for non-recursive builds

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Package: automake;

Reported by: Miles Bader <miles <at> gnu.org>

Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2013 09:20:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: patch

Done: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini <at> gmail.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #74 received at 13524 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Peter Johansson <trojkan <at> gmail.com>
To: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini <at> gmail.com>
Cc: Peter Rosin <peda <at> lysator.liu.se>, Karl Berry <karl <at> freefriends.org>,
	13524 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
	"automake-patches <at> gnu.org" <automake-patches <at> gnu.org>,
	Miles Bader <miles <at> gnu.org>
Subject: Re: bug#13524: Improving user experience for non-recursive builds
Date: Mon, 04 Feb 2013 22:44:02 +1000

On 2/4/13 9:33 PM, Stefano Lattarini wrote:
> What about doubling the curly braces?  As in '{{RELDIR}}'.
> Would that be tolerable?  Other possibilities (none particularly
> pleasant either, IMHO):
>
>    {+RELDIR+}
>    {:RELDIR:}
>    {.RELDIR.}
>    {-RELDIR-}
>
> Other proposals?
Using Automake's namespace, 'AM_', comes to mind: {AM_RELDIR}.

cheers,

-- 
Peter Johansson
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