Re: Include directive for all generated Makefile.in

[Peter Johansson]

Hello Xavier,

Xavier MARCELET wrote:
> Thanks for the reply, but this is not what I'm looking for.
>
> Lets say that the file "my_include.am" declares a rule to generate 
> documentation :
> $cat my_include.am
> doc :
>    INPUT=. doxygen doxygen.cfg
>
> Now, I wish to include this rule in every Makefile generated from 
> Makefile.in that are themselves generated from Makefile.am.
>
> A simple solution would be to include "my_include.am" in all 
> Makefile.am as follow :
>
> head -n 1 ./src/Makefile.am
>    include $(top_srcdir)/my_include.am
> head -n 1 ./src/tools/Makefile.am
>    include $(top_srcdir)/my_include.am
>
> However, I don't want to add the "include" instruction in the 
> Makefile.am, in fact, I don't want to modify those files at all.
>
> My question is : is there any way to get the same result by modifying 
> another automake's config file, like configure.ac for instance ?
In my experience using Automake's include mechanism is often the best 
option because automake takes cares of things like dependencies. If that 
doesn't suit you, you may have better luck here if you explain why it 
doesn't suit you; if you explain what you wanna accomplish. It makes it 
easier for people to help.

Cheers,
Peter

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