From 4edb0270b6ff24ee01dd5383600262ab004b9dae Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tom Tromey Date: Thu, 24 May 2001 05:58:48 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] * automake.in (generate_makefile): Better explanation for ansi2knr fix. --- ChangeLog | 5 +++++ automake.in | 5 +++-- 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog index bceb07d1..a461aeb4 100644 --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ +2001-05-24 Tom Tromey + + * automake.in (generate_makefile): Better explanation for ansi2knr + fix. + 2001-05-23 Alexandre Duret-Lutz * automake.in (handle_languages, handle_single_transform_list): diff --git a/automake.in b/automake.in index c6e17bc8..a86be0b4 100755 --- a/automake.in +++ b/automake.in @@ -1239,8 +1239,9 @@ sub generate_makefile &handle_scripts; # This must run first so that the ANSI2KNR definition is generated - # before it is used by the _.c rules. This works around an - # obscure bug. + # 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. &handle_compile; # This must be run after all the sources are scanned. &handle_languages; -- 2.43.5