[csw-maintainers] GAR: EXPANDVARS for autoconf-style expansion in DISTFILES

[Sebastian Kayser]

Hi folks,

Dago just mentioned a nifty autoconf-style expansion feature in GAR that
at least I wasn't aware of. Now documented in the variable reference
[1]. Usage example would e.g. be the openldap build [2].

EXPANDVARS
    List of files from $(DISTFILES) which should receive autoconf-style
    variable expansion. Such variables are then substituted with
    Makefile variable values (i.e. @NAME@ would be exanded to the value
    of $(NAME)). You can use this to easily adjust custom-shipped init
    scripts or other files which depend on paths in your Makefile (e.g.
    $(sysconfdir)). 

Sebastian

[1] https://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/gar/wiki/GAR%20Variable%20Reference
[2] https://gar.svn.sf.net/svnroot/gar/csw/mgar/pkg/openldap/trunk/Makefile