Hi Daniel. On Thursday 18 August 2011, Daniel Neuberger wrote: > >> I don't think you can do what you're trying to achieve. AFAIK the > >> if .. endif syntax used by automake is for conditionals only (see: > >> http://www.gnu.org/software/automake/manual/html_node/ > >> Conditionals.html) and there is nothing such as "ifdef". > > > > ifdef...endif is GNU make syntax. I found some old mail now, that tells > > me, that automake doesn't accept that syntax, although it doesn't need > > to process it. The ifdef...endif syntax would be interpreted by GNU > > make. Of course > > my example probably would need to be interpreted by automake too, > > because WIN32_EXTRA_LDFLAGS is set, before it gets extended. But to know > > that, automake would need to understand this syntax. > > > > However, what I wanted to do is not possible atm, so I restored the old > > Makefile code. > > Just found this old thread, > Do you have a link to that thread, by chance? I think I can point out other workarounds, but before doing so I want to be sure they are appropriate to the issue under discussions.
> [SNIP] > Regards, Stefano
