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Re: RFA: automatic dependency tracking
- From: Tom Tromey <tromey at redhat dot com>
- To: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf dot Wildenhues at gmx dot de>
- Cc: gdb-patches at sources dot redhat dot com
- Date: Thu, 07 Aug 2008 11:09:00 -0600
- Subject: Re: RFA: automatic dependency tracking
- References: <m3fxq2rilz.fsf@fleche.redhat.com> <20080807054840.GA26651@ins.uni-bonn.de>
- Reply-to: Tom Tromey <tromey at redhat dot com>
>>>>> "Ralf" == Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> writes:
>> sinclude(../config/acx.m4)
>>
>> +dnl For dependency tracking macros.
>> +sinclude([../config/depstand.m4])
Ralf> Why sinclude? Shouldn't aclocal fail if the file cannot be included?
Ralf> (Just curious, really; I see this is done with other files, too.)
Sorry, I think I was being obtuse here in my earlier reply.
I have a vague recollection that there was some version of autoconf,
in the distant past, where sinclude was the only way to do this kind
of inclusion. Then, once this gets into the code, it tends to stick.
So, I think this is probably just inertia and not something more
obscure.
Tom