* Ralf Wildenhues wrote on Sun, Sep 27, 2009 at 11:01:07AM CEST: > It is possible to use different names than Makefile.am for the automake > input files, with a caveat: in recursion rules, automake outputs plain > `$(MAKE)' only, without -f. That still allows the following: for the > transition time, you can require GNU make to be used, and use only files > named GNUmakefile.am for automake. The generated GNUmakefile files will > be read and executed by GNU make instead of any Makefile files then.
Thinking about it a bit more, it should be possible without GNU make even: name all automake input files foobar.am, list each foobar in configure.ac:AC_CONFIG_FILES, and add AM_MAKEFLAGS = -f foobar to the toplevel foobar.am. Given that AM_MAKEFLAGS is not needed for any other purpose, that should invoke all recursive make on the foobar files. Of course, this still requires the user to make -f foobar on the toplevel, or some additional logic in the toplevel Makefile. > After the transition is done, you could remove all old Makefile files, > rename all GNUmakefile.am to Makefile.am, and adjust configure.ac. This then still applies with s/GNUmakefile.am/foobar.am/. Cheers, Ralf
