Alexandre Oliva wrote:
>
> On Jan 31, 2001, Emiliano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Tom Tromey wrote:
> >> Write explicit rules.
>
> >> SOMETHING.EXT: something.ext
>
> > Yes, but I'd rather not if it can be avoided.
>
> I'm afraid it can't. Unix is case-sensitive, why shouldn't `make' be?
But that's the whole issue. If unix weren't case sensitive we wouldn't
be having this discussion.
> Well... I suppose you could do something about it if you were willing
> to get your Makefiles non-portable and use GNU make only, by using
Totally acceptable.
> $(shell ) magic. Or you could write a script to generate the rules
> and get them included in the Makefile with AC_SUBST_FILE or automake's
> include feature.
I'd appreciate pointers on how to accomplish this. I've not been using
automake very long and learning to abuse it would take some time :)
Emile
