Re: renamed objects and other languages

[Ralf Wildenhues]

[ drop automake-prs, please ]

Hello,

* Stepan Kasal wrote on Thu, Apr 26, 2007 at 11:58:26AM CEST:
> 
> indeed.  I believe you have found a bug, and I believe it is
> desirable to fix it.

I agree.

> Though I'm not able to write a patch right now, I can write down some
> hints: perhaps they will inspire someone to contribute a patch.  ;-)

You forgot the first and foremost important part of writing such a
patch, in your otherwise nice explanation.  Allow me to quote HACKING:

| * The correct response to most actual bugs is to write a new test case
|   which demonstrates the bug.  Then fix the bug, re-run the test suite,
|   and check everything in.

> First, let's start with a completely different example:
> 
> wow_SOURCES = boo.cc baux.h bleah.zz
> .zz.cc:
>       cp $< $@

Yes.  And you've almost completed the test case already; add
  wow_CPPFLAGS = $(AM_CPPFLAGS)

and the usual blurp.

Hope that helps.

Cheers,
Ralf