Yann Dirson <ydir...@free.fr> writes: > It is not uncommon for software packages to build tools to be executed > at build time, to generate data files or more input files to compile. > > ... > > For the second point, it would seem a good idea at some point to > support a "native_" prefix, so setting eg. "native_PROGRAMS" will > trigger the use of BUILD_* tools.
I am no longer particularly familiar with automake internals, but I do think some sort of "this is for the build machine" is a very good idea. At the risk of descending into bikeshedding, I'm not sure that native_ is the best option, because just about everything that is foo_PROGRAMS describes something built from native code. build_ isn't great either (despite the symmetry with AC_CANONICAL_BUILD &c.) because most of what automake does involves building programs. But I am glad to see this being worked on. -- Jack
