Re: [Automake-NG] [PATCH 12/17] [ng] warns: don't report possible issues with '_DEPENDENCIES' variables

[Stefano Lattarini]

On 05/23/2012 09:14 AM, Akim Demaille wrote:
> 
> Le 22 mai 2012 à 23:34, Stefano Lattarini a écrit :
> 
>> Hi Akim.
>>
>> On 05/22/2012 11:21 PM, Akim Demaille wrote:
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>>> Le 22 mai 2012 à 22:50, Stefano Lattarini a écrit :
>>>
>>>> +* Automake-NG is less smart than mainline Automake in detecting some kind
>>>> +  of possible typos or suspicious usages at automake runtime.  This is due
>>>> +  to the fact that more processing and logic takes place in the generated
>>>> +  Makefiles rather than in the automake script, so that the latter has
>>>> +  access to less context and information.
>>>
>>> You should explain why this is good.
>>>
>> It is *not* good; it is a trade-off.
> 
> Yes, that's what I meant.  To give the motivations.
>
And you managed to do so :-)  I will soon post a patch series that:

  1. moves detection and reporting of typos in _SOURCES, _LDADD, ... variables
     at make runtime

  2. causes possible typos in _DEPENDENCIES variables to be reported again.

Regards,
  Stefano