KConfig XT and maintaining compatibility

[David Faure]

On Friday 14 November 2003 16:47, Unai Garro wrote:
> 
> > am_edit just doesn't care about conditionals at all. No matter how you
> > write them.
> 
> uh, really? I must fix my automake, since it works on all the other
> conditionals :)
> 
> Oh, and more interestingly, I used to copy the code from juK :)
> 
> I quote from it:
> 
> ================
> if link_lib_GST
> gstlibs = -lkdegst -lkdegstplay
> endif
> 
> juk_LDADD = $(gstlibs) $(mblibs) -lartskde $(LIB_KIO) $(taglib_libs)
> ================
> 
> What's the difference? here (gstlibs) is being expanded and obviously the
> conditional is checked. The conditional (link_lib_GST is defined in
> configure.in.in, same as my xt_exists check)

Expandings libs is fine.
Expandings sources is much harder - how do you create targets and dependencies,
for sources that you don't know?

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David Faure -- faure at kde.org, dfaure at klaralvdalens-datakonsult.se
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