From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 10675 invoked by alias); 22 Oct 2010 01:11:12 -0000 Received: (qmail 10508 invoked by uid 22791); 22 Oct 2010 01:11:12 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-6.2 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI,SPF_HELO_PASS,T_RP_MATCHES_RCVD X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from mx1.redhat.com (HELO mx1.redhat.com) (209.132.183.28) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with ESMTP; Fri, 22 Oct 2010 01:11:06 +0000 Received: from int-mx08.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (int-mx08.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.21]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id o9M1Avbi004060 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Thu, 21 Oct 2010 21:10:57 -0400 Received: from ns3.rdu.redhat.com (ns3.rdu.redhat.com [10.11.255.199]) by int-mx08.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id o9M1Aukl018993; Thu, 21 Oct 2010 21:10:57 -0400 Received: from parfait.redhat.com (ovpn01.gateway.prod.ext.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.9.1]) by ns3.rdu.redhat.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id o9M1Ar9J004629; Thu, 21 Oct 2010 21:10:54 -0400 From: Tom Tromey To: Pedro Alves Cc: gdb-patches@sourceware.org, Doug Evans , Jie Zhang Subject: Re: Fix Makefile.in in data-directory References: <4CBEDBF5.9060504@codesourcery.com> <4CBFA227.8050501@codesourcery.com> <201010211107.42726.pedro@codesourcery.com> Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2010 01:11:00 -0000 In-Reply-To: <201010211107.42726.pedro@codesourcery.com> (Pedro Alves's message of "Thu, 21 Oct 2010 11:07:42 +0100") Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.50 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Mailing-List: contact gdb-patches-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-patches-owner@sourceware.org X-SW-Source: 2010-10/txt/msg00346.txt.bz2 >>>>> "Pedro" == Pedro Alves writes: Pedro> Maybe it's the 'Traditionally "install" depends on "all".' part Pedro> that's not so traditional afterall? My recollection is that this was a tradition among a certain group of GNU maintainers. It isn't in the GNU standards but was a common extension. Pedro> FWIW, if "install" depending on "all" in the first place is Pedro> not so common (even "wrong?") afterall in GNU projects (it seems Pedro> automake does not?) I believe Automake does have install depend on all. The generated code is fairly roundabout, though. Tom