Pretty sure this is both an automake and autoconf question, but somehow it seems like the automake list is the place to start.
I just unwrapped a fresh copy of autoconf 2.60 to take advantage of multiline variables in AC_SUBST. I really only want the values to appear in C code, not in Makefiles. I think I'm running into some part of this discussion: http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake-patches/2005-10/msg00026.html What I think I want to do in configure.ac is: FOO="/** a comment */ #define blah \"some value\"" AC_SUBST(FOO) AC_CONFIG_FILES([my_header.h]) where my_header.h.in contains: @FOO@ This part of it is working fine. Unfortunately, my Makefile also contains: FOO=/** a comment */ typedef int blah; and make complains about a missing separator. Is there some way to keep FOO = @FOO@ out of Makefile.in? Thanks much. -DB
