From: Tom Tromey <tromey@redhat.com>
Date: Fri, 28 Mar 1997 01:06:40 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: nothing
X-Git-Tag: pre-ian-conditionals~50
X-Git-Url: https://sourceware.org/git/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=42138787f810fc9f46d02327680cb1f2cff2c201;p=automake.git

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diff --git a/automake.texi b/automake.texi
index 27cd4818..fb1eb22a 100644
--- a/automake.texi
+++ b/automake.texi
@@ -1656,6 +1656,12 @@ Built sources are also not compiled by default.  You must either
 explicitly mention them in some other @samp{_SOURCES} variable for this
 to happen.
 
+Note that, in some cases, @code{BUILT_SOURCES} will work in somewhat
+suprising ways.  In order to get the built sources to work with
+automatic dependency tracking, the @file{Makefile} must depend on
+@code{$(BUILT_SOURCES)}.  This can cause these sources to be rebuilt at
+what might seem like funny times.
+
 
 @node Other GNU Tools
 @chapter Other GNU Tools
@@ -2309,8 +2315,20 @@ convenient locally, but for all distributions to be Unicode or
 @w{ISO 10646} with the UTF-8 encoding.
 
 @item
-Support for automatically generating packages (eg Solaris packages, or
-RPM packages).
+Support for automatically generating packages (eg Debian packages, RPM
+packages, Solaris packages, etc).  This will happen more quickly if
+someone with package-building experience can tell me what would be
+helpful.
+
+@item
+Rewrite in Guile.  This won't happen in the near future, but it will
+eventually happen.
+
+@item
+GUI that makes maintenance even easier.
+
+@item
+Your idea here.
 @end itemize
 
 @node Index