building executables with pattern rules

2014-07-14 Thread Will Estes
I have the following in my Makefile.am, and automake is not using the rule to build the executable. tableopts_nr%.c: tableopts.l4 $(FLEX) -P $(subst -,_,$(*F)) $* -o $@ $< tableopts_nr%.$(OBJEXT): tableopts_nr%.c $(COMPILE) -c -o $@ $< tableopts_nr%.tableopts$(EXEEXT): tableopts

Re: building executables with pattern rules

2014-07-18 Thread Will Estes
00, Gavin Smith wrote: > On Mon, Jul 14, 2014 at 6:49 PM, Will Estes wrote: > > I have the following in my Makefile.am, and automake is not using the rule > > to build the executable. > > > > tableopts_nr%.c: tableopts.l4 > > $(FLEX) -P $(subst -,_,$(*F)) $

excluding intermediate flex test suite files from distribution?

2015-11-12 Thread Will Estes
it and have not been able to come up with a solution. At most, I'm able to not include some generated header files, which then really confuses the test suite in the generated tar ball. What other information / examples can I provide to make this clear? Thanks! --Will -- Will Estes westes...@gmail.com

Re: excluding intermediate flex test suite files from distribution?

2015-11-12 Thread Will Estes
Yeah, I'll work up a small example because the entire test suite is large and there's a lot of stuff that follows the same pattern. On Thursday, 12 November 2015, 1:55 pm -0500, Nick Bowler wrote: > Hello, > > On 2015-11-12, Will Estes wrote: > > The flex program

Re: excluding intermediate flex test suite files from distribution?

2015-11-12 Thread Will Estes
On Thursday, 12 November 2015, 1:55 pm -0500, Nick Bowler wrote: > Hello, > > On 2015-11-12, Will Estes wrote: > > The flex program includes a test suite to enable testing of the version of > > flex built in the flex tree. From a distributed tar ball (made with &q

Re: excluding intermediate flex test suite files from distribution?

2015-11-12 Thread Will Estes
On Thursday, 12 November 2015, 9:41 pm +, Gavin Smith wrote: > On 12 November 2015 at 19:19, Will Estes wrote: > > and Makefile.am: > > > > check_PROGRAMS = test > > > > test_SOURCES = test.l > > nodist_test_SOURCES = test.c > > > > I

Re: excluding intermediate flex test suite files from distribution?

2015-11-13 Thread Will Estes
iven that I'm ok with the build and then delete that happens. > > Cheers, > Nick > -- Will Estes westes...@gmail.com

Re: Integrating flexc++(1) and bisonc++(1) into Makefile.am

2017-07-12 Thread Will Estes
lly, consider whether you want to distribute the generated parser > sources. That way your users don't need these tools installed just to > build your package. > > [1] > https://www.gnu.org/software/automake/manual/automake.html#Multiple-Outputs > > Cheers, > Nick > -- Will Estes westes...@gmail.com

Re: automake 1.17 release plan?

2024-05-15 Thread Will Estes
an see from flex's pull requests, we're gearing up for a release and we're working out how to make releasing flex easier in the future to solve the frequency of release problem. -- Will Estes westes...@gmail.com