bug#13148: 24.2.90; Flymake manual error

bug#13148: 24.2.90; Flymake manual error

[Jan Djärv]

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Hello.

The flymake manual says:

`flymake-buildfile-dirs'
     A list of directories (relative paths) for searching a buildfile.
     *Note Locating the buildfile::.

This variable does not exist.  Which BTW, makes flymake useless for the
case when you compile to a separate object directory.

     Jan D.


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bug#13148: 24.2.90; Flymake manual error

[Glenn Morris]

Jan Djärv wrote:

> The flymake manual says:
>
> `flymake-buildfile-dirs'
>      A list of directories (relative paths) for searching a buildfile.
>      *Note Locating the buildfile::.
>
> This variable does not exist.

It used to. Maybe the default value was too hilarious for this world:

http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-diffs/2007-07/msg00571.html

bug#13148: 24.2.90; Flymake manual error

[Jan Djärv]

Hello.

The code that replaced the variable searches upwards, so I guess that is why the variable was removed.  But for separate object directory, neither the old default or the current code is any good.

	Jan D.

11 dec 2012 kl. 21:38 skrev Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>:

> Jan Djärv wrote:
> 
>> The flymake manual says:
>> 
>> `flymake-buildfile-dirs'
>>     A list of directories (relative paths) for searching a buildfile.
>>     *Note Locating the buildfile::.
>> 
>> This variable does not exist.
> 
> It used to. Maybe the default value was too hilarious for this world:
> 
> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-diffs/2007-07/msg00571.html

bug#13148: 24.2.90; Flymake manual error

[Glenn Morris]

I removed the mentions of flymake-buildfile-dirs from the manual in
emacs-24. However, I guess what you really want is a new feature that
does something similar, so I'll leave this open as a wishlist.

bug#13148: 24.2.90; Flymake manual error

[Stefan Monnier]

> This variable does not exist.  Which BTW, makes flymake useless for the
> case when you compile to a separate object directory.

You might sometimes get away with providing a buildfile-name like
"../foo/bar/Makefile".


        Stefan