GNU bug report logs - #5191
replace ELCFILES in lisp/Makefile.in

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Harald Maier <Harald <at> Maierh.de>

Date: Sat, 12 Dec 2009 10:35:03 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Fixed in version 24.1

Done: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #35 received at 5191 <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>
To: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
Cc: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>, Harald Maier <Harald <at> Maierh.de>,
        5191 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#5191: 23.1.90; Make target compile-main fails under GNU/Linux Kernel 2.6.16
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2009 18:29:24 -0500

Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org> writes:

> Chong Yidong wrote:
>
>> On second thought, I don't think this is a good idea.  Looks like the
>> BSDs use ".sinclude" for silent inclusion, and older systems don't even
>> support that.
>
> I think you are right that include is not portable. It's currently
> only used in GNUstep builds. I don't think "echo -n" is portable
> either. "printf" might be better, I'm not sure.

Another idea: how about autogenerating the ELCFILES Makefile using
configure?  Then Makefile.in could just have a line that says

ELCFILES=@elcfiles@

where @elcfiles@ is generated by configure.
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