Re: GNU Make Extensions

[Bob Friesenhahn]

On Tue, 16 Dec 2008, NightStrike wrote:
> > Not if automake flattens it when running automake.  The idea was that
> > automake would translate the wildcard into the full file list.
>
> Oh, nevermind.. You're saying that make will invoke automake to check
> to see if Makefile.in needs to be updated..... I understand, I think,
> what you were saying.

You have got it exactly.  Automake is not the only solution.  There 
are other solutions out there which require GNU make and are likely to 
be more automatic as you prefer.  One of those solutions (I forget the 
name) is invented by the original Automake author.

Bob
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