Hello, * Paul Smith wrote on Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 04:33:46AM CEST: > On Sun, 2010-08-15 at 23:32 +0200, Ralf Wildenhues wrote: > > > # old fashioned suffix rule, portable > > > .xcf.bmp: > > > $(GIMP) -i -b '(xcf-bmp "$<" "$@")' -b '(gimp-quit 0)' > > > > > > Hey, maybe Automake hackers can riff off this thread in time for > > > the next release... (or, "Would you like me to submit a patch?"). > > > > Yes, with a general example, please. > > Note this is not enough: you also have to add these as prerequisites of > the .SUFFIXES target.
Not in a Makefile.am file, if each of the suffixes matches \.[^.]\{1,\}$ (this is an automake feature). Cheers, Ralf