Simon Josefsson wrote: > > This patch adds an option --makefile-name that does this. > > I mentioned that approach earlier in: > > http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lib.gnulib.bugs/1969
Sorry, I missed or forgot that. > The problem in automake that would had to be fixed was this: > > http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.sysutils.automake.bugs/1659 > > Briefly, the gnulib Makefile.am snippet uses += to add contents to > variables, such as EXTRA_DIST, which are also useful to use in the > Makefile.am that includes the gnulib Makefile.am snippet. But > automake doesn't permit += without an earlier 'EXTRA_DIST = ...' > definition. As a workaround, you can include gnulib.mk first, and add your own file lists afterwards. Bruno
