On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 2:25 PM, John Calcote <john.calc...@gmail.com> wrote: > A problem I foresee is providing the globbing functionality to makefile > commands. We'd almost need a new auxiliary script (like install-sh) to > generate lists of files from such glob specs. Not sure yet from where the > primary functionality would come -- perhaps a java utility, so that the same > level of portability would be available to java builds as the source that's > being built. That is, if someone uses the JAVA primary, he/she can expect to > be required to have additional build functionality available, in the form of > a JVM and javac compiler. Just a thought.
You can resolve the globbing spec at automake time instead of make time. That way, Makefile.in still contains a static list. If you went this route, I'd be curious how quickly someone ports it to other primaries :)
