Re: Need help with cleaning up a working GNU Autotools setup

[Nick Matteo]

Peter T. Breuer wrote:
> In comp.os.linux.development.system Sune <sune_ahlgren@hotmail.com> wrote:
>> I read this in a really nice paper I found after
>> getting in contact with the gnu guys. The guy who wrote this paper
>> (when and why VPATH should be used) is a GNU guy and was heavily
>> involved in implementing GNU make. I could have given you the link, but
>> I leave it up to you and your neuron...
> 
> Thanks, but the only paper I know concerning make is something like
> "recursive make considered dangerous", with which I agree completely.

Sune is probably referring to http://make.paulandlesley.org/vpath.html , and
a follow-up at http://make.paulandlesley.org/multi-arch.html .

>> Wrong on your part. If you claim that this is _not_ a Makefile.am:
> 
> It isn't.

Well, it is.  Whether or not it takes advantage of the automake system
doesn't impact whether or not it is a valid Makefile.am, and it is.

>> bin_PROGRAMS = collections_test
>> collections_test_SOURCES = DynamicString.c test_main.c