bug#13524: [PATCH 1/2] preproc: add support for relative names in included fragments

[Bob Friesenhahn]

On Thu, 14 Feb 2013, Stefano Lattarini wrote:
> > A substantial blocker for converting large packages to non-recursive
> > builds will be eliminated.  Considerable time and electricity will
> > be saved.
>
> By chance, do you plan to start using the feature in some package of
> yours, even before it lands in a released Automake version?  I'm asking
> because it could be some months before the next minor (non-bug-fixing)
> Automake release.

I might be convinced to test it with GraphicsMagick (presumably a 
collection of sed substitutions would be sufficient to edit the 
Makefiles) but would not want to release any software based on an 
unreleased Automake.

Bob
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