is a Makefile generator (input Makefile.am, output Makefile.in; intended for use with autoconf).
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| (and there are indeed a lot of such tests). | | (and there are indeed a lot of such tests). |
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| * Use $ACLOCAL, $AUTOMAKE, $AUTOCONF, $AUTOUPDATE, $AUTOHEADER, | | * Use $ACLOCAL, $AUTOMAKE, $AUTOCONF, $AUTOUPDATE, $AUTOHEADER, |
| $PERL, $MAKE, $EGREP, and $FGREP, instead of the corresponding | | $PERL, $MAKE, $EGREP, and $FGREP, instead of the corresponding |
| commands. | | commands. |
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| * When you want to redirect the output from a make invocation, use the | | * When you want to redirect the output from a make invocation, use the |
| 'run_make' function rather than calling $MAKE directly. Not only is | | 'run_make' function rather than calling $MAKE directly. Not only is |
| this more idiomatic, but it also avoid possible spurious racy failures | | this more idiomatic, but it also avoid possible spurious racy failures |
| when the make invocations in the testsuite are run in parallel mode | | when the make invocations in the testsuite are run in parallel mode |
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| (as with "make check AM_TESTSUITE_MAKE='make -j4"'). | | (as with "make check AM_TESTSUITE_MAKE='make -j4'"). |
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| * Do not override Makefile variables using make arguments, as in e.g.: | | * Do not override Makefile variables using make arguments, as in e.g.: |
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| $MAKE prefix=/opt install # BAD | | $MAKE prefix=/opt install # BAD |
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| This is not portable for recursive targets (with non-GNU make, | | This is not portable for recursive targets (with non-GNU make, |
| targets that call a sub-make may not pass "prefix=/opt" along). | | targets that call a sub-make may not pass "prefix=/opt" along). |
| Instead, use the 'run_make' function, which automatically uses | | Instead, use the 'run_make' function, which automatically uses |
| the AM_MAKEFLAGS to propagate the variable definitions along to | | the AM_MAKEFLAGS to propagate the variable definitions along to |
| sub-make: | | sub-make: |
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