GNU bug report logs - #28002
Automake doesn't handle AC_CONFIG_FILES syntax errors properly

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Package: automake;

Reported by: "Ghulam, Sean (Nokia - FI/Espoo)" <sean.ghulam <at> nokia.com>

Date: Mon, 7 Aug 2017 15:32:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: confirmed

Merged with 53780

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From: Hans-Bernhard Bröker <HBBroeker <at> t-online.de>
To: "Ghulam, Sean (Nokia - FI/Espoo)" <sean.ghulam <at> nokia.com>, 28002 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#28002: automake prog_error when appending to configure.ac a colon-separated list of input files
Date: Tue, 8 Aug 2017 01:19:39 +0200

Am 07.08.2017 um 10:10 schrieb Ghulam, Sean (Nokia - FI/Espoo):

> AC_CONFIG_FILES([ >   Makefile>   src/Makefile:append/append.mk> ])
Your bug report might be more convincing if you hadn't got that syntax 
wrong.  Compare your example with the documentation example you found, 
and particularly note where the []s and are:

> AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile:boiler/top.mk:boiler/bot.mk]
> [lib/Makefile:boiler/lib.mk])

Wouldn't you agree that your example should have been

AC_CONFIG_FILES(
  [Makefile]
  [src/Makefile:append/append.mk]
)

?
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