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authorTom Tromey <tromey@redhat.com>2001-08-23 05:10:51 +0000
committerTom Tromey <tromey@redhat.com>2001-08-23 05:10:51 +0000
commit6258e016b3b729c0ab2ec72221737591c5eebc1c (patch)
treedccaae47e40639e216988b1d9bc925f303563dda /automake.texi
parentbd1ba61a28d5f141ea4f70f89411a0697be927a0 (diff)
downloadautomake-6258e016b3b729c0ab2ec72221737591c5eebc1c.tar.gz
* automake.texi (Conditionals): Mention that conditionals must
always be invoked. For PR automake/220.
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@@ -4112,7 +4112,11 @@ underscores. It must be different from @samp{TRUE} and @samp{FALSE}
which are reserved by Automake.
The shell @var{condition} (suitable for use in a shell @code{if}
-statement) is evaluated when @code{configure} is run.
+statement) is evaluated when @code{configure} is run. Note that you
+must arrange for @emph{every} @code{AM_CONDITIONAL} to be invoked every
+time @code{configure} is run -- if @code{AM_CONDITIONAL} is run
+conditionally (e.g., in a shell @code{if} statement), then the result
+will confuse automake.
@end defmac
@cindex --enable-debug, example