>>>>> "Alex" == Alex Hornby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Alex> Suffix rules should be portable to all makes, its pattern rules Alex> that aren't available everywhere. Nowadays we could probably implement pattern rules purely in automake. Back in the old days we didn't have the machinery to allow this. Automake itself was too primitive. But now it would be more possible, if someone were motivated. Maybe this would help with the longstanding CORBA problems? Tom