Re: Newbie Question

[Tom Tromey <tromey at redhat dot com>]

>>>>> "Fausto" == Fausto Sanchez <fas@andiamo.com> writes:

Fausto> Thanks for the reply. It isn't that I want to do this. Some
Fausto> folks within the group said that if we are going to use the
Fausto> automake/autoconf model, we should be able to do this kind of
Fausto> make rules.

I'm guessing that automake is an unpopular choice in your group for
some reason.  If having c -> assembly -> object rules is a real
requirement for your project, then automake might not be the best
choice.

Automake is designed to assume a particular sort of project.  In
particular, at core it assumes a "traditional" GNU-style development.
It has been extended, and given some flexibility, but there are
definitely jobs for which it is not suited.

Fausto> I can post the taget examples that they proposed, but I didn't
Fausto> want to waste too much bandwidth. I'm reading on writing my
Fausto> own Macros, but I'm having a hard time grasping the syntax.

I assume from the use of the word `macro' that you are trying to write
autoconf code.  In this case that isn't what you need.  Instead you
need to write suffix rules.  Any `make' manual can explain how these
are written.

Tom