GNU bug report logs - #7673
Bad option precedence: AM_AUTOMAKE_INIT and AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS might win over command line

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Package: automake;

Reported by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini <at> gmail.com>

Date: Sat, 18 Dec 2010 14:07:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: confirmed, help

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Message #14 received at 7673 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini <at> gmail.com>
To: 7673 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#7673: Bad option precedence: AM_AUTOMAKE_INIT and
	AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS might win over command line
Date: Thu, 23 Dec 2010 19:47:36 +0100

On Saturday 18 December 2010, Stefano Lattarini wrote:
> The right precedence for *every* option would IMHO be:
> 
>  "command line" wins over AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS wins over AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE
> 
JFTR, this is where the issue came up first:
 <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake-patches/2010-10/msg00033.html>

Sorry for not adding that reference or citing the original reporter
(Andrew W. Nosenko) right away.

Regards,
   Stefano
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