Ralf Wildenhues wrote: > Well, another point is that it is not easy to fix the above suggestion > _cleanly_ in automake. If automake copies its input to its output, then > taking both lines > noinst_LTLIBRARIES = libfoo.la > lib_LTLIBRARIES = libfoo.la > > and having the respective rules leaves you with two different dependency > paths both updating libfoo.la, but with different rules. Very bad, as > that leads to subtle bugs.
OK, I understand. > EXTRA_LTLIBRARIES = libfoo.la > noinst_LTLIBRARIES = gl_noinst_ltlibs > lib_LTLIBRARIES = gl_lib_ltlibs > > gl_noinst_ltlibs = libfoo.la > > or from configure.ac: > AC_SUBST([gl_noinst_ltlibs], [libfoo.la]) Uuh, after what you said above, this is betting on automake's unability to optimize AC_SUBSTed variables. What if automake improves...? Seems as dangerous to me as the first approach. > But say, do you have two tools writing in the same Makefile.am (or does > one include the other)? Actually I'm lucky: the second tool (gnulib-tool) "sees" the output of the first tool (my hand), so I can actually handle this case in the second tool. > > > gnulib-tool could be made smart enough to output the right thing in > > > the first place Ok. Done this way. Thanks for your patience. Bruno
