tags 7689 notabug close 7689 thanks On Monday 20 December 2010, Philip Prindeville wrote: > The odd thing is that even though it complains, it still generates the > correct Makefile in the first case: > > SYMFILES = $(srcdir)/uni.h $(shell $(CC) $(CFLAGS) -E $(srcdir)/header.c | > $(AWK) -f $(srcdir)/script.awk) > > Does automake need to be $(shell ...)-aware? > This is not a bug, as Nick has clearly explained here (BTW, thanks Nick for this!): <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake/2010-12/msg00051.html>
So I'm closing it. Philip, if you've been confused on this issue by the automake manual, and have specific complaints or suggestions for improvement, feel free to open a new bug report. Thanks. Regards, Stefano
