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Patch: Another manual tweak
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Tom Tromey |
Subject: |
Patch: Another manual tweak |
Date: |
31 May 2001 11:44:20 -0600 |
I'm checking this in. It is another update to the manual.
2001-05-31 Tom Tromey <address@hidden>
* automake.texi (Top level): Removed erroneous spaces. Documented
MAKE and MAKEFLAGS.
Tom
Index: automake.texi
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/automake/automake/automake.texi,v
retrieving revision 1.211
diff -u -r1.211 automake.texi
--- automake.texi 2001/05/30 02:32:44 1.211
+++ automake.texi 2001/05/31 17:30:22
@@ -1453,7 +1453,7 @@
Then in your @file{configure.in} you can specify:
@example
-MY_SUBDIRS = "src doc lib po"
+MY_SUBDIRS="src doc lib po"
AC_SUBST(MY_SUBDIRS)
@end example
@@ -1470,7 +1470,13 @@
contents of this variable.
If @code{SUBDIRS} is defined, then your @file{configure.in} must include
address@hidden
address@hidden When Automake invokes @code{make} in a
+subdirectory, it uses the value of the @code{MAKE} variable. It passes
+the value of the variable @code{AM_MAKEFLAGS} to the @code{make}
+invocation; this can be set in @file{Makefile.am} if there are flags you
+must always pass to @code{make}.
address@hidden MAKE
address@hidden MAKEFLAGS
The use of @code{SUBDIRS} is not restricted to just the top-level
@file{Makefile.am}. Automake can be used to construct packages of
@@ -1480,7 +1486,8 @@
(@samp{postfix}). However, it is possible to change this ordering. You
can do this by putting @samp{.} into @code{SUBDIRS}. For instance,
putting @samp{.} first will cause a @samp{prefix} ordering of
-directories.
+directories. All @samp{clean} targets are run in reverse order of build
+targets.
Sometimes, such as when running @code{make dist}, you want all possible
subdirectories to be examined. In this case Automake will use
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