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if FLAG1
        program_SOURCES= a.c b.c c.c
else
        program_SOURCES= a.c b.c d.c
endif

But I have a lot of flags, thus I have to code every possible combination of
sources, which is not fun... I tried to use previously defined variables
etc. in the program_SOURCES statement, but they are not substituted by
automake. How can I solve that?

Thanks...
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if FLAG1
        FLAG1_SOURCES = c.c
else
        FLAG1_SOURCES = d.c
endif
program_SOURCES = a.c b.c $(FLAG1_SOURCES)

Regards,
Wolfram.

|> Why not let make itself do the work, which does substitute previously
|> defined vars?  I.e. for the above
|>
|> if FLAG1
|>   FLAG1_SOURCES = c.c
|> else
|>   FLAG1_SOURCES = d.c
|> endif
|> program_SOURCES = a.c b.c $(FLAG1_SOURCES)

The problem lies in automake (or elsewhere). The .c-filenames in program_SOURCES
are rewritten to .o-depencies, but that action seems to ignore any conditionally
defined variables in the file list. Variables without conditions work...  Then
the resulting object list (*_OBJECTS) in the makefile simply misses the files in
the variables. Of course I can put common files in variables and conditionnaly
set the _SOURCES, but that still requires all combinations...

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Georg> I'm currently struggling with an
Georg> automakefile-problem. Depending on a flag set during configure,
Georg> I want to use different additional sources for compilation.

What version of automake are you using?

Georg> if FLAG1
Georg>         program_SOURCES= a.c b.c c.c
Georg> else
Georg>         program_SOURCES= a.c b.c d.c
Georg> endif

Georg> But I have a lot of flags, thus I have to code every possible
Georg> combination of sources, which is not fun...

There are a few ways around this.  Unfortunately in automake 1.4 they
aren't very obvious.  I believe things are better in 1.5.  That is why
the version number is important.

One way is to introduce a new variable for each flag:

    if FLAG1
    flag1s = a.c
    endif

    program_SOURCES = $(flag1s) $(flag2s) ...

Another way is to do the work in configure.  This requires a bit more
strangeness in your Makefile.am.

Tom

1.4 (seems to be standard...)

|> One way is to introduce a new variable for each flag:
|>
|>     if FLAG1
|>     flag1s = a.c
|>     endif
|>
|>     program_SOURCES = $(flag1s) $(flag2s) ...

That's the thing I've tried first, but as said in another post, the if'ed
variables are not substituted as objects in the resulting makefile... Smells
like a bug...

|> Another way is to do the work in configure.  This requires a bit more
|> strangeness in your Makefile.am.

I will investigate this (and try v1.5)
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Quote:> the resulting object list (*_OBJECTS) in the makefile simply misses the files in
> the variables.

program_OBJECTS = $(program_SOURCES:%.c=%.o)

Regards,
Wolfram.

EXTRA_program_SOURCES = file3a.c file3b.c file3c.c

You have to AC_SUBST(EXTRA_PROGRAM_FILES) in configure.ac, and define
what extra source files need compiling in this variable.  This is not
too great, as it means that logic that should be in the Makefile goes
in configure.ac, making it overly complex.  Last time I tried, I
couldn't use make macros in automake declarations e.g.:

program_SOURCES = file1.c file2.c $(EXTRA_PROGRAM_FILES)

I found a horrible hack to get around this.

EXTRA_program_SOURCES = file3a.c file3b.c file3c.c

in configure.ac:
if ... ; then
  EXTRA_PROGRAM_FILES="\$(EXTRA_program_SOURCES)"
fi

However, this is dependent on the order of definitions in the
Makefile, and is again overly complex, but does move some logic out of
configure.ac.

Automake 1.5 is now out.  I have not tried it yet, but it is possible
these issues have been fixed.  They are only due to automake being too
picky when parsing Makefile.am, although I'm sure there were valid
reasons for making it so.

Regards,
Roger

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