>>>>> "Bob" == Bob Friesenhahn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Bob> In other words, dealing with junk like Bob> apps_build_postgres_src_build_postgres_SOURCES Bob> is very tiring and failure prone. Is there a reason why it can't Bob> simply be Bob> apps/build-postgres/src/build-postgres_SOURCES ? Yeah, that does seem easier. One problem is that you might refer to these variables elsewhere in your Makefile, and it isn't clear that automake can reliably rewrite all uses. The initial reason for canonicalizing macro names was simply that automake was pretty dumb, and passed through its input directly to its output. Rewriting wasn't really possible. Tom
