Re: c file used as a make file

[Paul Elliott]

On Tuesday, March 22, 2011 01:54:33 am Paul Elliott wrote:
> I have a c library that currently uses an old style Makefile that I want to
> convert to auto*tools.
> 
> One .c file is used as a .h file. That is, it is included by another .c
> file and it should not be itself compiled. Why the author did this I do
> not know, but I do not want to change the author's source or change or
> rename any files.
> 
> How do I tell auto*tools to treat this file as a .h file? That is, do not
> try to compile this file itself, and do include it in the files to be
> distributed.
> 
> Thank You

Can I write a rule for the .lo that has to be compiled with the wierd
include that would explictly list the .c file as a dependancy? How would I do 
that?

Thank You.

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