Using $(FOO) [or ${FOO} - same] allows the user to override FOO when
invoking make.
Sure. My question was about recommending $(...) for Automake users
instead of ${...}. Let's take an example. Here's one of the
descriptions as it is written now:
`bindir'
The directory for installing executable programs that users can
run. This should normally be `/usr/local/bin', but write it as
`$(exec_prefix)/bin'. (If you are using Autoconf, write it as
`@bindir@'.)
Here's my understanding of what Ralf is proposing:
`bindir'
The directory for installing executable programs that users can
run. This should normally be `/usr/local/bin', but write it as
`${exec_prefix}/bin'. (If you are using Autoconf, write it as
`@bindir@'; if you are using Automake and need to refer to it,
write it as `$(bindir)'.)
My question was, can you refer to it as ${bindir} in Automake, so we are
recommending the same syntax for the automake and no-autotools cases?
(This is not a question about make or shells or perl or anything else. :)
Thanks,
karl
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