Re: extending automake

[Bob Friesenhahn]

On Sat, 19 Apr 2008, Bob Rossi wrote:
> Unfortunately, both of you are talking over my head. I don't have all
> that much experience with make. However, I've worked on a lot of open
> source projects, and all of them do this common task.
>
> They generate files during build time, and modify BUILT_SOURCES...

BUILT_SOURCES is a very ugly approach which requires an extra forced 
recusion in the build.  It is a sort of crutch which is best avoided.

Bob
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