>>>>> "Jirka" == Jirka Hanika <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Jirka> My view is that these (and other) problems disappear if you use a
Jirka> per-directory Makefile.am; but I also see the benefits (esp. compilation
Jirka> speed) of a non-recursive Makefile. So the solution could be to support
Jirka> generating a single Makefile from multiple Makefile.am's in
Jirka> subdirectories. (Just kidding. But interested in seeing the reasons
Jirka> why this is nearly impossible.)
It isn't impossible. I once wrote up some ideas along these lines:
http://sources.redhat.com/ml/automake/2001-07/msg00248.html
Obviously I never got around to implementing this :-)
Tom