Disable implicit RCS rule of GNU Make

2006-06-19 Thread Robert Homann
Hello list! We have a problem here with GNU Make's built-in rules that I can't seem to be able to solve. Short version of my question: How can the implicit rule for RCS defined in GNU Make be disabled in a portable way (Automake 1.9.6, Autoconf 2.59)? Using GNU Make syntax, this can be done using

Re: Filename extension guidelines and man page symlinks

2006-06-19 Thread Ralf Wildenhues
Hi Roy, * Roy Hills wrote on Mon, Jun 19, 2006 at 12:21:39PM CEST: > [...] is it possible to configure automake so that "make install" > will create a man page symlink, so it is accessible as either "man > foo" or "man foo.pl"? Beside the good answer Bob already gave: I believe the proper way to

Re: Filename extension guidelines and man page symlinks

2006-06-19 Thread Bob Proulx
Roy Hills wrote: > I have two questions, which I hope that someone can help me with: > > 1. Are there any guidelines on file naming conventions for Perl scripts? > > In particular, should it be called "foo.pl", or just "foo"? Currently, I'm > using the latter naming convention, and include them

Filename extension guidelines and man page symlinks

2006-06-19 Thread Roy Hills
I'm developing a small GPL application using automake and autoconf. The main application is written in C, but there are a few support programs which are written in Perl. I have two questions, which I hope that someone can help me with: 1. Are there any guidelines on file naming conventions for