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2007-08-18 Thread Ralf Wildenhues
* NightStrike wrote on Wed, Aug 15, 2007 at 08:22:52PM CEST: > On 8/15/07, Ralf Wildenhues <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > * NightStrike wrote on Mon, Aug 13, 2007 at 12:07:17AM CEST: > > > > > > http://www.gnu.org/software/automake/manual/html_mono/automake.html > > > > The current manual can be fo

Re: Overriding all commands in Makefile.am

2007-08-15 Thread Ralf Wildenhues
* NightStrike wrote on Sat, Aug 11, 2007 at 04:42:39PM CEST: > > > > For a particular project, there are a handful of .c files that need to > > > be compiled to .o files and installed as .o files, not linked into any > > > executable. I came up with this ugly workaround: > > > > Well, I think the

Re: Overriding all commands in Makefile.am

2007-08-15 Thread NightStrike
On 8/15/07, Ralf Wildenhues <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > * NightStrike wrote on Mon, Aug 13, 2007 at 12:07:17AM CEST: > > On 8/12/07, Ralf Wildenhues <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > * NightStrike wrote on Sat, Aug 11, 2007 at 04:50:21PM CEST: > > > > > > > > Update: It would appear that the automa

Re: Overriding all commands in Makefile.am

2007-08-14 Thread Ralf Wildenhues
* NightStrike wrote on Mon, Aug 13, 2007 at 12:07:17AM CEST: > On 8/12/07, Ralf Wildenhues <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > * NightStrike wrote on Sat, Aug 11, 2007 at 04:50:21PM CEST: > > > > > > Update: It would appear that the automake manual needs to be updated, > > > as the described AC_OUTPUT u

Re: Overriding all commands in Makefile.am

2007-08-12 Thread NightStrike
On 8/12/07, Ralf Wildenhues <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > * NightStrike wrote on Sat, Aug 11, 2007 at 04:50:21PM CEST: > > > > Update: It would appear that the automake manual needs to be updated, > > as the described AC_OUTPUT usage is deprecated. How do we get the > > manual updated? > > Preferab

Re: Overriding all commands in Makefile.am

2007-08-12 Thread Ralf Wildenhues
* NightStrike wrote on Sat, Aug 11, 2007 at 04:50:21PM CEST: > > Update: It would appear that the automake manual needs to be updated, > as the described AC_OUTPUT usage is deprecated. How do we get the > manual updated? Preferably, by sending a patch against CVS HEAD to automake-patches, or wri

Re: Overriding all commands in Makefile.am

2007-08-11 Thread NightStrike
Updates.. On 8/11/07, NightStrike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 8/10/07, Ralf Wildenhues <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > * NightStrike wrote on Fri, Aug 10, 2007 at 12:00:21AM CEST: > > > On 8/9/07, Ralf Wildenhues <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > * NightStrike wrote on Thu, Aug 09, 2007 at 04:

Re: Overriding all commands in Makefile.am

2007-08-11 Thread NightStrike
On 8/10/07, Ralf Wildenhues <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > * NightStrike wrote on Fri, Aug 10, 2007 at 12:00:21AM CEST: > > On 8/9/07, Ralf Wildenhues <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > * NightStrike wrote on Thu, Aug 09, 2007 at 04:49:00PM CEST: > > > > > > > Well, I don't want or need to do this exac

Re: Overriding all commands in Makefile.am

2007-08-10 Thread Ralf Wildenhues
* NightStrike wrote on Fri, Aug 10, 2007 at 12:00:21AM CEST: > On 8/9/07, Ralf Wildenhues <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > * NightStrike wrote on Thu, Aug 09, 2007 at 04:49:00PM CEST: > > > > Well, I don't want or need to do this exactly. I was just > illustrating that I *could*. I'll give a bette

Re: Overriding all commands in Makefile.am

2007-08-10 Thread rboehne
How about ./configure AR=: [other arguments etc.] You also might be able to force this override in configure.ac, but that would defeat all the nifty things that the autotools are good for. Perhaps what you really want is "--disable-static" on the configure command line. You can also make this t

Re: Overriding all commands in Makefile.am

2007-08-10 Thread NightStrike
On 8/10/07, Bernd Jendrissek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 8/10/07, NightStrike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > For a particular project, there are a handful of .c files that need to > > be compiled to .o files and installed as .o files, not linked into any > > executable. I came up with this ugl

Re: Overriding all commands in Makefile.am

2007-08-10 Thread NightStrike
On 8/10/07, NightStrike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 8/10/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > -- Original message -- > > From: NightStrike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Since this list is obviously not dead, here's my first of several > > > question

Re: Overriding all commands in Makefile.am

2007-08-10 Thread NightStrike
On 8/10/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -- Original message -- > From: NightStrike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Since this list is obviously not dead, here's my first of several questions: > > > > (this is all with automake 1.10) > > > > How do I indiv

Re: Overriding all commands in Makefile.am

2007-08-10 Thread Bernd Jendrissek
On 8/10/07, NightStrike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > For a particular project, there are a handful of .c files that need to > be compiled to .o files and installed as .o files, not linked into any > executable. I came up with this ugly workaround: How about something like: startupdir = $(libdir)

Re: Overriding all commands in Makefile.am

2007-08-09 Thread NightStrike
On 8/9/07, Ralf Wildenhues <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > * NightStrike wrote on Thu, Aug 09, 2007 at 04:49:00PM CEST: > > > > How do I individually override everything that takes place for a given > > target? > > I don't think there is a general way to do that. You can use 'make -n' > if you wish t

Re: Overriding all commands in Makefile.am

2007-08-09 Thread Ralf Wildenhues
* NightStrike wrote on Thu, Aug 09, 2007 at 04:49:00PM CEST: > > How do I individually override everything that takes place for a given > target? I don't think there is a general way to do that. You can use 'make -n' if you wish to not execute commands, or override the RANLIB or AR or CC (or COM

Overriding all commands in Makefile.am

2007-08-09 Thread NightStrike
Since this list is obviously not dead, here's my first of several questions: (this is all with automake 1.10) How do I individually override everything that takes place for a given target? For example, if I have this: lib_LIBRARIES = libmylib.a libmylib_a_SOURCES = source1.c source2.c The resu