Multi-directory support

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What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Have a huge thesis with lots of directories
2. Use the really great Latex Makefile
3. Cry

Some stuff works with multi-dir but there are a number of issues. Notably:
the files are not scanned to be compiled (things like .tex.sh fail, do not
work automatically), the "make clean" target fails, and there are others
but i can't recall.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by fdemes...@gmail.com on 18 Oct 2009 at 9:02

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Ooh, I forgot to say that it is a GREAT piece of work too!

Original comment by fdemes...@gmail.com on 18 Oct 2009 at 9:03

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This is, unfortunately, a fundamental issue with the makefile (and with make in 
general), so it's not going to be solved for this.  Sorry :(.

For example, just getting "make clean" to do the right thing will require that 
we keep 
a directory-contents state file up-to-date somewhere, which is a major headache.

I do apologize - my workaround was to not worry about the number of files in my 
flat hierarchy - the makefile takes care of them, so it's okay to have tons of 
files in a 
single directory.  I think I had several hundred in my dissertation directory 
at one 
point, and it worked out fine.  :-)

Original comment by shiblon on 20 Oct 2009 at 6:15

• Changed state: WontFix

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Issue 80 has been merged into this issue.

Original comment by shiblon on 26 Apr 2010 at 7:49