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Re: catching build problems
On Fri, Mar 31, 2000 at 01:19:54PM -0300, Alexandre Oliva wrote:
: On Mar 31, 2000, "Lars J. Aas" <larsa@sim.no> wrote:
:
: > : The trap is fine, but the `:=' syntax is far from portable.
:
: > Without it, wouldn't the variable become recursive?
:
: Yep. That's why you can't do it like that :-(
:
: It might work to set MAKE_TRAP as you suggested, and then use
: $(MAKE_TRAP) for recursive invocations.
The recursive invocations are controlled through the Automake SUBDIRS
variable. How do I override the rule for entering one of them? Hmm, I'm
sensing an RTFM coming my way soon :/
Lars J