[Bashdb-devel] colon-equal assignment in emacs/Makefile.am

[Masatake Y. <je...@gy...>]

`:=' is used in emacs/Makefile.am. I cannot find any reason why `=' is 
not enough here. Could you tell me the reason?

--- Makefile.am	22 Jan 2007 03:06:00 +0900	1.5
+++ Makefile.am	12 Jul 2007 13:25:19 +0900	
@@ -15,11 +15,11 @@
 #   Foundation, 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111 USA.
 #$Id: Makefile.am,v 1.5 2007/01/20 12:02:03 rockyb Exp $
 
-check_DATA := bashdb-test.el bashdb-test.el.in elk-test.el
-EXTRA_DIST := bashdb.el $(check_DATA)
-ELCFILES  :=  bashdb.elc
+check_DATA = bashdb-test.el bashdb-test.el.in elk-test.el
+EXTRA_DIST = bashdb.el $(check_DATA)
+ELCFILES  =  bashdb.elc
 if INSTALL_EMACS_LISP
-lisp_LISP := bashdb.el
+lisp_LISP = bashdb.el
 endif
 
 test: check