Re: Extending automake rules

2012-11-11 Thread Miguel Guedes
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

Extending automake rules

2012-11-10 Thread Miguel Guedes
There's one thing I would simply love to accomplish with Automake: the ability to extend rules without overriding them. For instance, how would one print a custom message in a specific format (i.e. color) each time a source file is compiled and a binary linked? For instance, in a traditional M