readme: fixlets to HACKING
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1 #! /bin/sh
2 # Copyright (C) 2011-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
4 # This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
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17 # Check a documented limitation of the Automake's Makefile parser
18 # w.r.t. POSIX variable substitutions used in the name of targets.
19 # See Section "General Operation" in the Automake manual.
20 # If you cause some parts of this test to fail, chances are that you've
21 # improved the Automake parser ;-)
22 # See: <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake/2010-08/msg00074.html>
23 # or: <http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.sysutils.automake.general/11943/focus=11962>
25 . ./defs || exit 1
27 cat > Makefile.am <<'END'
28 $(FOO:=x): bar
29 END
31 $ACLOCAL
32 AUTOMAKE_fails
34 grep 'bad characters.*variable name.*\$(FOO' stderr
35 grep ':=.*assignments.*not portable' stderr