Re: unesthetic build commands generated by automake

[Ralf Corsepius]

Am Mon, 2003-02-24 um 18.18 schrieb Alexandre Duret-Lutz:

> FWIW, Automake doesn't support %-rule.  This is not portable,
> not POSIX, nothing.  You can run `automake -Wportability' to get
> warning about these (BTW, these warnings are likely to be turned
> on by default in 1.8 -- people who know what they do can start
> using `AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = -Wno-portability' now).
I don't think this step would be a wise decision unless automake can
provide a replacement.

Why doesn't automake parse them and rewrite them into a portable form?

Ralf