Re: do we need to check for text files in subst.mk? (was Re: Linux: gtk2+ faild too)

[Joerg Sonnenberger <joerg%britannica.bec.de@localhost>]

On Thu, Oct 04, 2007 at 09:02:59PM +0200, Klaus Heinz wrote:
> The check I am talking about is _SUBST_IS_TEXT_FILE in mk/subst.mk.
> Why do we need to check for the "text" property of a file if we
> explicitly specify the files where substitutions ought to be done? The
> simple solution: do not list files in SUBST_FILES.* which are not text
> files.

Because the use generic patterns in a number of places. Not all SUBST
users specify explicit file lists.

Joerg