eliminate recursive make invocation in etc/icons directory * etc/module.mk: New file. * etc/icons/Makefile.am: Move contents to etc/module.mk and Makefile.am. Adapt filenames as needed. * Makefile.am (EXTRA_DIST): Move list of files in etc directory to etc/module.mk. (SUBDIRS): Remove etc/icons from the list. * configure.ac (AC_OUTPUT): Don't generate etc/icons/Makefile.

%!function r = f (x)
%!  if (ischar (x))
%!    r = x;
%!  else
%!    error ("expecting character string");
%!  endif
%!endfunction

%!assert (eval ("f 10;"), "10");