+2001-05-24 Tom Tromey <tromey@redhat.com>
+
+ * automake.in (generate_makefile): Better explanation for ansi2knr
+ fix.
+
2001-05-23 Alexandre Duret-Lutz <duret_g@epita.fr>
* automake.in (handle_languages, handle_single_transform_list):
&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;