Re: problem with interaction between gnu-automake and gnu-make

[aotto]

On 18.09.24 10:21, aotto wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I run into a problem like:
>
> > theConfig/c/Makefile_local.mk:40: error: endif without if
>
> which is a command-namespace clash between "gnu-automake" and "gnu-make" sharing the 
> "endif" command:
>
> -> this is the same problem as: 
> https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake/2000-10/msg00107.html
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> My problem is that I include a "gnu-make" file into a "gnu-automake" file and the 
> "gnu-make" file has an
> construct like:
>
>     ifndefMAKE_LNG
>     $(callError, MAKE_LNG not defined)
>     endif
>
> the CORE problem is that "gnu-automake" and or "gnu-make" does **not** offer an 
> alternative namespace
> for there "private" command API like
>
> "endif" -> "gnu_endif" etc
>
>
> the command above COULD be rewritten as :
>
>    gnu_ifndefMAKE_LNG
>    $(gnu_callError, MAKE_LNG not defined)
>    gnu_endif
>
> etc, and **all** the problems are gone.
sorry but the "mail-composer" has decided to delete some white-space, the 
construct
> ifndefMAKE_LNG
should be
> ifndef MAKE_LNG