Re: (ITS#8509) LMDB make targets for automake

[hyc@symas.com]

phantom+lmdb@live.ie wrote:
> Full_Name: Aido
> Version: 2.4.44
> OS: Ubuntu Trusty
> URL: ftp://ftp.openldap.org/incoming/
> Submission from: (NULL) (216.239.90.19)
>
>
> The current liblmdb Makefile does not make it easy to use liblmdb as a
> submodule
> to other projects that utilize automake e.g. automake uses a 'check' directive
> instead of 'test'.
>
> Adding the following to the Makefile would make liblmdb more automake
> friendly:
>
> EMPTY_AUTOMAKE_TARGETS = dvi pdf ps info html tags ctags distcheck
> .PHONY: $(EMPTY_AUTOMAKE_TARGETS)
> $(EMPTY_AUTOMAKE_TARGETS):
> check: test
>
> See:
> https://www.gnu.org/software/automake/manual/html_node/Third_002dParty-Makefiles.html
>
>
The OpenLDAP Project doesn't use automake, and as a policy we don't include 
support for tools we don't use.

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