Doesn't work: blah_PROGRAMS = $(EXTRA_PROGRAMS)

[Daniel Richard G.]

This is the bug I was going to submit originally, before the whole 
shift-on-HP-UX issue got me distracted :-)

I have a Makefile.am with programs that are conditionally compiled, e.g.

        EXTRA_PROGRAMS = foo bar

        if ENABLE_STUFF
        bin_PROGRAMS = foo bar
        endif

Which works as advertised. Now, I'm looking at that, and figure, hey, there's 
a bit of redundancy we can eliminate here...

        EXTRA_PROGRAMS = foo bar

        if ENABLE_STUFF
        bin_PROGRAMS = $(EXTRA_PROGRAMS)
        endif

I go to regenerate the makefile, and, what's all this then?

        automake: bar_OBJECTS should not be defined
        Makefile.am:1:   while processing program `bar'
        automake: foo_OBJECTS should not be defined
        Makefile.am:1:   while processing program `foo'

bar_OBJECTS? foo_OBJECTS? Where?? And I got all confused and thought I should 
bring it to the attention of this list.


--Daniel


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