Bug#537306: d.o/international/Makefile: conditionnal subdirs never updated because $(LANGUAGE) Makefile targets never match

[Simon Paillard <simon.paillard@resel.enst-bretagne.fr>]

Package: www.debian.org
Severity: normal

Hi all,

A while ago, french team members noticed updates to
webml/french/international/french were not taken into account on the
website (and given the Makefile, it certainly affects spanish and
dutch).

This is a request for help since I don't see where is the issue.

Here is the status (consider as a example french/{dwn_trans|web}.wml
* from webml/french/international/french, the Makefile is correct and
  the html file is rebuild as expected.

* from webml/french/international/, the Makefile seems correct but the
  html file is not rebuild if needed.

However, if we look with care to english/international/Makefile:

 ifeq "$(LANGUAGE)" "fr"
 SUBS += french
 endif

* if I add a specific debug target :
debug:
^I@echo $(SUBS)
^I@echo $(LANGUAGE)
=> I can see that SUBS doesn't contain french, while :
 - $(LANGUAGE) contains fr
 - ifeq syntax is correct
 - SUBS syntax is correct (tested outside the ifeq)

Any idea ?

-- 
Simon Paillard