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authorAlexandre Duret-Lutz <adl@gnu.org>2003-10-21 13:11:38 +0000
committerAlexandre Duret-Lutz <adl@gnu.org>2003-10-21 13:11:38 +0000
commit9f3dadaea86caecd76b69f52bfdc673c213f6b32 (patch)
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downloadautomake-9f3dadaea86caecd76b69f52bfdc673c213f6b32.tar.gz
* NEWS: Clarify the entry about multiple conditional definitions
of _PROGRAMS, _LDADD, and _LIBADD. Report from Simon Josefsson.
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@@ -145,8 +145,9 @@ New in 1.7a:
Likewise for _SOURCES, _LDADD, and _LIBADD variables.
- - Automake now supports bin_PROGRAMS (or any *_PROGRAMS variable)
- being defined in several conditions. As in
+ - Due to implementation constraints, previous versions of Automake
+ proscribed multiple conditional definitions of some variables
+ likes bin_PROGRAMS:
if COND1
bin_PROGRAMS = a1
@@ -155,7 +156,9 @@ New in 1.7a:
bin_PROGRAMS = a2
endif
- Likewise for _SOURCES, _LDADD, and _LIBADD variables.
+ All _PROGRAMS, _LDADD, and _LIBADD variables were affected.
+ This restrictions has been lifted, and these variables now
+ support multiple conditional definitions as do other variables.
- Cleanup the definitions of $(distdir) and $(top_distdir).
$(top_distdir) now points to the root of the distribution