Re: Extending automake rules

[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 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