From: Tom Tromey Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2001 05:10:51 +0000 (+0000) Subject: * automake.texi (Conditionals): Mention that conditionals must X-Git-Tag: Release-1-5b~154 X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=6258e016b3b729c0ab2ec72221737591c5eebc1c;p=thirdparty%2Fautomake.git * automake.texi (Conditionals): Mention that conditionals must always be invoked. For PR automake/220. --- diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog index 1248cef76..6bfeed993 100644 --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ +2001-08-22 Tom Tromey + + * automake.texi (Conditionals): Mention that conditionals must + always be invoked. For PR automake/220. + 2001-08-22 Richard Boulton Tom Tromey 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