Re: gnulib-tool: new option --makefile-name

[Bruno Haible]

Simon Josefsson wrote:
> > This patch adds an option --makefile-name that does this.
> 
> I mentioned that approach earlier in:
> 
> http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lib.gnulib.bugs/1969

Sorry, I missed or forgot that.

> The problem in automake that would had to be fixed was this:
> 
> http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.sysutils.automake.bugs/1659
> 
> Briefly, the gnulib Makefile.am snippet uses += to add contents to
> variables, such as EXTRA_DIST, which are also useful to use in the
> Makefile.am that includes the gnulib Makefile.am snippet.  But
> automake doesn't permit += without an earlier 'EXTRA_DIST = ...'
> definition.

As a workaround, you can include gnulib.mk first, and add your own
file lists afterwards.

Bruno