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author | Tom Tromey <tromey@redhat.com> | 2001-08-23 05:10:51 +0000 |
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committer | Tom Tromey <tromey@redhat.com> | 2001-08-23 05:10:51 +0000 |
commit | 6258e016b3b729c0ab2ec72221737591c5eebc1c (patch) | |
tree | dccaae47e40639e216988b1d9bc925f303563dda /automake.texi | |
parent | bd1ba61a28d5f141ea4f70f89411a0697be927a0 (diff) | |
download | automake-6258e016b3b729c0ab2ec72221737591c5eebc1c.tar.gz |
* automake.texi (Conditionals): Mention that conditionals must
always be invoked. For PR automake/220.
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1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/automake.texi b/automake.texi index 8b3d814ea..7434da94b 100644 --- a/automake.texi +++ b/automake.texi @@ -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 |