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Re: [PATCH] MIPS: Opcode membership proposal


On Mon, Jun 17, 2013 at 04:18:45PM +0100, Maciej W. Rozycki wrote:
> > 	* Makefile.am (mips-opc.lo): Add rules to create automatic
> > 	dependency files.  Pass archdefs.
> > 	(micromips-opc.lo, mips16-opc.lo): Likewise.
> > 	* Makefile.in: Regenerate.
> 
>  Hmm, this looks horribly tied to automake's internals to me and I am 
> afraid is bound to break as soon as automake maintainers decide to change 
> how the rules are generated.  I know that this is going to be a pain, but 
> I wonder if it could be rewritten in a way that is portable across 
> automake versions, that is only relying on automake's published interface.

I used more or less the same rules as Ralf Wildenhues added for the
binutils project back in 2009-08, when he fixed a lot of Makefile.am
issues for us.  Judging from his activity in the automake project, I'd
say he knew a thing or two about automake, so I personally would be a
little cautious about using some other construct!

-- 
Alan Modra
Australia Development Lab, IBM


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