Hi Stefano.
On 11/11/12 09:19, Stefano Lattarini wrote:
Unfortunately, it is basically impossible to accomplish what you
want with the current Automake. That is, most rules can only be
overridden, not extended (and those which can, can be only in a
limited, unflexible way). You might manage to hack something
together by (ab)using Automake internals, but then of course
you'll have no guarantee such an hack will continue to work with
future Automake release.
Lack of extensibility is one of the main drawbacks of Automake,
and improving the situation consistently would require a lot of
work I fear, so I don't see anything happening in that area
anytime soon.
Thank you for your reply!
It's not a problem that Automake lacks the extensibility I was after.
After some reading and thinking about it I've decided to use a
combination of Autoconf, Autoheader and handcrafted Makefile.in files.
It works beautifully and allows for effortless creation/updating of
project builds.
The wonderful flexibility of Autotools saved the day! :)
Thanks again,
Miguel
