Re: [iptables PATCH] Makefile: Support 'make tags' and 'make cscope'

[Phil Sutter <phil@nwl.cc>]

On Tue, Aug 01, 2023 at 06:55:10PM +0200, Phil Sutter wrote:
> Copy necessary bits from generated Makefile.in into the static
> extensions/GNUmakefile.in so it plays nicely when called.
> 
> For some reason, using 'make ctags' creates a top-level tags file which
> does not include others, so not quite useful. Using 'make tags' instead
> works, but only after I created an etags-wrapper (calling ctags -e) in
> my ~/bin. Seems as per design, though.

This one sucks: 'make tags' won't cover headers in include/iptables and
include/linux because Makefile.am merely lists the directories in
EXTRA_DIST.

Since automake does not support anything involving wildcards, I see only
two options moving forward:

A) List the individual files in EXTRA_DIST instead of the directories
B) Replace Makefile.am by (yet another) GNUmakefile.in

While (A) means updating Makefile.am whenever a new linux header is
being cached, (B) is going into the false direction in my opinion.

Better ideas are appreciated, of course. :)

Cheers, Phil