Hello, On Sun, Jul 24, 2005 at 05:11:57PM -0600, Brian wrote: > source file was main.c and bin_PROGRAMS = hello helloDebug
set also helloDebug_CPPFLAGS = -DDEBUG and/or helloDebug_CFLAGS = -g in the Makefile. > [...] but there was no "autorenaming" so to speak. These so called "per-target options" enable "autorenaming"; you'll have hello-main.o and helloDebug-main.o. > Additionally, at configure time an option such as --enable-debug > should be available, and if set, should create an additional debug version > of each subdirectory using the same source files in configure.ac, use AM_CONDITIONAL([ENABLE_DEBUG], [test "x$enable_debug" = xyes]) and in the appropriate Makefile.am: bin_PROGRAMS = hello if ENABLE_DEBUG bin_PROGRAMS += helloDebug endif No need to make the per-target option assignments optional, if you don't mind that the renaming will happen every time. > - Optionally make subdirectories individually This is a standard feature; targets "all" and similar work in each Makefile. > - Pass flags from configure all the way to individual debug builds (I > know how to enable the flags, just now how to make sure they make it all > the > way down) That's the basic function of Autotools: AC_SUBST([VARIABLE],...) and then you have $(VARIABLE) in your Makefile.am. But, actually, you don't need this here, the one bit carried by the conditional is enough, the flags are in the Makefile.am. HTH, Stepan Kasal