Re: Auto regeneration of Makefile.in and Makefile

[Tom Tromey <tromey at cygnus dot com>]

>>>>> "Tim" == Tim Heath <th374862@cosd.fedex.com> writes:

Tim> It appears that when I modify Makefile.am it will then
Tim> automatically modify Makefile.in.  If I modify Makefile.in it
Tim> will automatically cause the Makefile to be regenerated.  How can
Tim> I stop that?

Generally speaking, you don't really want to.
However, you can use maintainer mode to do this if you really must.

Tim> I want to stop it because the Makefile has special parameters I
Tim> have taken out so it would compile with my compiler and when the
Tim> Makefile is regenerated it is very irritating to go back and
Tim> retake it out.

Don't edit the Makefiles.
Instead do something else, like have the information put into the
Makefile via a configure substitution.

Tim> I also know what places to modify in all three files so I don't
Tim> have rerun automake and then configure on everything.

I don't understand.

Tim> I would like to avoid this problem all together by writing some
Tim> m4 macros for my particular compiler so it would generate a
Tim> Makefile that my compiler would be happy with.  Does anyone know
Tim> of a good tutorial or reference to do this?

What are you trying to accomplish?

Tom