Re: allowing users to add source files without rerunning the autotools?

[Bob Friesenhahn]

On Fri, 20 Jan 2012, Miles Bader wrote:
> > This sort of thing is already well supported by Automake via Makefile
> > includes.  But it does require that automake be executed again.
>
> Right, my intent is something that _doesn't_ require that, which can
> be handled entirely by the configure script.
>
> [That's more or less the whole point of this thread, right?]

Yes, exactly.

Since there is now a GNU-make dependent fork of Automake, the ability 
to adjust the file list without re-running Automake is likely best 
addressed in that fork.  GNU-make is quite good at this sort of thing.

It remains to be decided if Automake should just pick up '*.c' like 
some people ask for.  I am against that flimsy approach, but a 
hard-coded list in a GNU-make include file seems fine to me.

Bob
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