ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès) writes:

> Mathieu Lirzin <mthl@gnu.org> skribis:
>
>> ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès) writes:
>>
>>> Eric Bavier <ericbavier@openmailbox.org> skribis:
>>>>
>>>> I don't prefer the "local.mk" convention.  It becomes
>>>> non-obvious that the file is input for Automake, and the name loses any
>>>> descriptive power.
>>>
>>> I have mixed feelings (notably because file names in those .mk files
>>> remain relative to $top_srcdir, which can be confusing and will make M-/
>>> useless).
>>
>> I didn't know about M-/ :)
>>
>> To emphasize how the file names relate to the current directory of the
>> ‘Makefile’ snippet, we could use ‘%reldir%’ or ‘%D%’ like describe in:
>>
>>   https://www.gnu.org/software/automake/manual/automake.html#Include
>>
>> Moreover this would makes the future move/rename of directories less
>> troublesome.
>>
>> WDYT?
>
> Hey, didn’t know about that one!  :-)
>
> So yes, %D%, why not?
>
> Ludo’.

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