Splendid! Thanks mate, this gives me exactly the behaviour I was seeking, while exactly means E-X-A-C-T-L-Y.
I didn't favour a global change of rules but a local one...mission accomplished! I just feel a little bit dumb, because I searched the "Changing Automakes behaviour" section by myself, before...and didn't get it. kind regards, Stefan Ralf Wildenhues wrote: > * Stefan Bienert wrote on Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 02:06:40PM CEST: >> cd ../.. && /bin/sh >> /home/user/projects/documentation.git/share/misc/config/missing --run >> automake-1.10 --gnu share/doc/Makefile >> share/doc/Makefile.am:76: user target `dvi' defined here... >> automake-1.10: ... overrides Automake target `dvi' defined here >> share/doc/Makefile.am:76: consider using dvi-local instead of dvi > > This is not an error, merely a warning. You can silence it with > AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = -Wno-override > >> I also tried dvi-local, but this does not work either! > > That's expected: dvi-local exists to amend the dvi rule. > > Cheers, > Ralf >