Re: [Bashdb-remake] remake-3.80+dbg-0.62 to be released soon

[Dave 'N. n. t. one!' K. <dav...@ar...>]

On 07 March 2007 13:01, R. Bernstein wrote:

> My mistake - you are correct, there was a log attached. And yes those
> *are* interesting new messages. I've committed a change to reduce some
> of these. I will probably do more later and when I get a computer that
> can have automake 1.10 installed.

  Switching to automake-1.9.6 fixed all the problems and allowed autogen.sh to
complete successfully.  After updating from CVS, 1.10 still doesn't succeed,
but it's less noisy with the changes you've added.  If I get some spare time
to go into it in detail, I'll send patches for any problems I can fix, but
auto* is not entirely my forte.

> I'm always amazed at how much time I spend feeding and attending to
> the automake system. In fact that's why remake was undertaken.

  It's also just the /only/ way to debug really complex makefiles where you've
got loads of rules and dependencies being calculated and eval'd at runtime.  

  It's also a very useful learning tool.  Stepping through makefiles makes it
sooo much easier to understand what's going on and what's happening with
complex function calls and multi-line definitions.  Using it has allowed me to
greatly extend my understanding of advanced makefile techniques.  Thank you
very much.

> Yes, that Dave Korn reports:
  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

  ;-) I refer you to my current 'From:' line...

    cheers,
      DaveK
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