Re: [Automake-NG] [PATCH 00/11] Several changes to parallel-tests support

[Bob Friesenhahn]

On Thu, 10 May 2012, Stefano Lattarini wrote:
> >
> I don't follow here.  Automake will simply re-order the ":=" definitions it
> finds *its internal* '.am' fragments to ensure that they appear after all
> the other variable definitions (both those coming from the user and those
> coming from Automake).  This shouldn't be anymore difficult than the
> reordering that is already being done by Automake (i.e., the variable
> definitions from Automake get placed before variable definitions from
> the user, which in turn get placed before the rules and recipes, either
> Automake-provided or user-provided).
>
> What is not clear exactly?

Perhaps I wrongly assumed that Automake includes were included "in 
place".  I was not aware that Automake is already re-writing the 
order.

Using := syntax is much less flexible and more fragile than 
traditional syntax.  It is valuable to use, but is much more sensitive 
to ordering.

Bob
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