Re: automake 1.6.3: install-info always built

[Tom Tromey]

>>>>> "Karl" == Karl Berry <address@hidden> writes:

[ install-info ]
Karl> 1) is a cygnus invention and never made it into the gnu standards.
Karl>    Therefore I don't see that it has to be in every Makefile.

This is a valid point.  I don't know why install-info is universal
these days.  In the past it was only enabled in --cygnus mode.

Karl> 2) An install-info target is useless except in directories which
Karl>    actually have either texinfo files or subdirectories.  Therefore, why
Karl>    put it everywhere?

As a recursive target, if it appears in one Makefile it must appear in
all of them.  That lets `make install-info' work properly from the
top level.

Karl> I can do the transform thing, it's better than patching every
Karl> automake release.  It feels like a kludge, though.

Yes.  We've talked about mechanisms for having a file with the same
name as a standard target, e.g. _NAME.  However, even with this you
won't be able to have `make install' make the install program.  And of
course there is a problem here if we add new standard targets (as does
happen).

Tom