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authorStefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>2012-10-26 18:01:17 +0200
committerStefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>2012-10-26 21:17:10 +0200
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downloadautomake-1b187099d61143733e35ff58bfc6a0cedd2e2322.tar.gz
vala: if no proper compiler found, set $(VALAC) to 'valac'
This is better than setting it to ':' (as is currently done), because a triggered makefile rule invoking a vala compilation will then clearly fail with an informative error message like "valac: command not found", rather than silently, with the error possibly going unnoticed, or triggering harder-to-diagnose fallout failures in later steps. For a precedent of a similar behaviour, see the AC_PROG_YACC macro. * m4/valac.m4: Implement the new semantic. * doc/automake.texi (Vala Support): Document it. * t/vala4.sh: Adjust. Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
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diff --git a/doc/automake.texi b/doc/automake.texi
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@@ -6900,8 +6900,8 @@ There are a few variables that are used when compiling Vala sources:
@vtable @code
@item VALAC
-Absolute path to the Vala compiler, or @samp{:} if no suitable compiler
-could be found.
+Absolute path to the Vala compiler, or simply @samp{valac} if no
+suitable compiler Vala could be found at configure runtime.
@item VALAFLAGS
Additional arguments for the Vala compiler.