>>> "Harlan" == Harlan Stenn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Harlan> I have a situation where I want every Makefile.am to Harlan> 'include' one of several files. Harlan> If none of these files are 'include'd I want the Harlan> automake run to abort. Harlan> I know how to cause the abort at runtime, but I'd Harlan> rather catch this problem while automake is running. Harlan> Is there a way to do this? I can't think of any comfortable way. Here is an awkward idea, just for your amusement. If you AC_SUBST([AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS]) from configure.ac, then AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = @AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS@ will be the default value of AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS in all Makefiles. Automake will then complain that @AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS@ is not a supported option, and abort... unless you override AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS in each Makefile. You could arrange to define AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS in all your include fragments. One annoying problem is that the diagnostic you get when a Makefile do not include any makefile fragment will refer to the AC_SUBST definition in configure.ac, not to the current Makefile. -- Alexandre Duret-Lutz
