Karl Berry wrote: > automake processes the output of gnulib-tool as an input. > > It does? I'm not aware of this. If I grep -r gnulib-tool in the automake > source dir, there are no results.
gnulib-tool not only copies source files, but also generates some Makefile.am files [1][2]. Automake processes these Makefile.am files. Bruno [1] https://www.gnu.org/software/gnulib/manual/html_node/Modules.html [2] https://www.gnu.org/software/gnulib/manual/html_node/Initial-import.html