* Stepan Kasal wrote on Tue, Sep 13, 2005 at 03:26:57PM CEST: > > > You don't need to copy headers. [...] > > So you can leave out the BUILT_SOURCES line completely. > > thanks for correcting me. > > > > $(linked_sources): > > > $(LN_S) '$(INTERFACE_DIR)/$@' '$@' > > > > But you need to "rm -f '$@'" before invoking $(LN_S). > > Why? If the file exists, the rule cannot be triggerred, as there are > no prerequisities.
D'oh again. I did mean to add a dependency at some point in time (or maybe was it a .PHONY entry?).. Anyway, the way the rule is now, if $LN_S is `cp', source files in $(INTERFACE_DIR) newer than in `.' will not get copied, which is bad. And I did mean to write one rule and mention the docs about multiple outputs, so that Harald could write the rule with proper dependencies in place (e.g., a stamp file, so the rule is not run every time). Ah, yes. > > And yes: I for one have neither the time, nor the ability, nor access > > to make changes to GNU Automake. > > Which all boils down to having time and perhaps also interest. > With enough time, you'd easily get the ability and submit the patch to > the GNATS database. ;-) It's IMVHO a bad idea to take bug submitting away from the user actually experiencing the problem. At least in general, for several reasons. Cheers, Ralf
