* n.g. wrote on Mon, Nov 14, 2005 at 11:46:07AM CET:
>
> it seems that if something appeared in the same place in a Makefile,
> they are not ordered. ex. if they are both dependencies of a target.
Yes, in general. There are some exceptions to this rule.
> currently, the problem is solved by using BUILT_SOURCES and/or manual
> rules for sources. as you mentioned.
Or manual specification of the interdependencies.
> if automake accept userdefined rule to be act as builtin primaries,
> it will be a wonderful thing.
>
> or if automake populate the macro it used to canonicalize macro names
> for user use is not bad too.
Please be more specific. For example, I can write
bin_PROGRAMS = foo
foo_DEPENDENCIES = bla bar
$(foo_DEPENDENCIES): blo
$do_something
and that will work. Be sure to read
info Automake "Multiple Outputs"
of a recent(!) Automake version, though.
If this scheme is not applicable to your problem, you should be more
specific in which primaries you use.
Cheers,
Ralf
