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Date:   Fri, 3 Nov 2023 13:05:04 +0100
From:   Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
To:     Sam James <sam@gentoo.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH nft v2 4/7] build: no recursive make for
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On Fri, Nov 03, 2023 at 11:37:16AM +0000, Sam James wrote:
> Keep in mind for the concerns wrt large Makefiles, you can do 'include'
> with automake too which keeps things flat in terms of what automake
> generates and what make ultimately runs.

That would be good to restore if it helps restore modularity to some extend.

A few notes:

- Python support also depends on one option.
- There is nftables/tests/build/run-tests.sh to test for all configurare
  options, I am not sure if Thomas run this test.