* automake.in (generate_makefile): Update misleading comment.

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index b483cbd74cfee01383a8c935a3ff6de5d670492b..36ecd06b08d6d5cf04a3a91df50b3d4363dabe26 100644 (file)
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 2003-12-31  Alexandre Duret-Lutz  <adl@gnu.org>
 
+       * automake.in (generate_makefile): Update misleading comment.
+
        * automake.in (handle_languages): Define %DEPBASE% conditionally
        on subdir-objects.  Define SUBDIROBJ.  Do not clean *_.c files
        here ...

diff --git a/automake.in b/automake.in
index a373e6212ef55ba32137ac8cb0c63135f169a8da..ab7ffde134ea38eea5d3b00dda1ef84878334ec9 100755 (executable)
--- a/automake.in
+++ b/automake.in
@@ -6875,15 +6875,11 @@ sub generate_makefile ($$)
   handle_programs;
   handle_scripts;
 
-  # This must run first so that the ANSI2KNR definition is generated
-  # before it is used by the _.c rules.  We have to do this because
-  # a variable which is used in a dependency must be defined before
-  # the target, or else make won't properly see it.
+  # These must be run after all the sources are scanned.  They
+  # use variables defined by &handle_libraries, &handle_ltlibraries,
+  # or &handle_programs.
   handle_compile;
-  # This must be run after all the sources are scanned.
   handle_languages;
-
-  # We have to run this after dealing with all the programs.
   handle_libtool;
 
   # Variables used by distdir.am and tags.am.