[bug-inetutils] Re: inetutils-1.8 released

[Alfred M. Szmidt]

   > If you do the following in a Makefile.am:
   >
   > | ifdef foo
   > | bar = frob
   > | endif
   >
   > You get an error like:
   >
   > | Makefile.am:3: endif without if

   I see.  You need to use 'if', not 'ifdef', and the symbol needs to be
   declared using AM_CONDITIONAL.

That doesn't explain why though, which is what I'm interested in.  The
`if' construct is automakeism and gets expanded during ./configure,
whilst ifdef is makeism and is dynamic.