[PATCH libdrm 1/2] configure: Stop using AM_MAINTAINER_MODE

[Emil Velikov]

Hi Julien,
On 9 March 2015 at 20:28, Julien Cristau <jcristau at debian.org> wrote:
> On Mon, Mar  9, 2015 at 12:08:16 +0000, Emil Velikov wrote:
>
>> By using it, any modifications to configure.ac or the Makefile.am files
>> won't trigger a rebuild of the makefiles. Drop the switch from the
>> autogen.sh as well.
>>
> Since it was set to enabled in configure.ac, the above is not true,
> unless you explicitly pass --disable-maintainer-mode to configure.
>
Hmm... you're absolutely correct here. The following commit message
should be more appropriate.

AM_MAINTAINER_MODE can be used to disable generation of rebuild rules.
This is not something we want to condone/support, considering it can
cause greater problems than the perceived benefits. Additionally the
Automake manual leans towards avoiding the use of AM_MAINTAINER_MODE.

http://www.gnu.org/software/automake/manual/html_node/maintainer_002dmode.html


That is unless you're in favour of keeping it ? Afaics at least some X
components tend to avoid it.

Cheers,
Emil