tags 16205 wontfix severity 16205 wishlist close On 12/20/2013 10:20 AM, Sebastian Freundt wrote: > Consider following Makefile.am: > noinst_PROGRAMS = footool > footool_SOURCES = foo=bar.c > footool_CPPFLAGS = -DVERSION=4.0 > > processed with automake 1.14, autoconf 2.69, yields: > /usr/share/automake-1.14/am/depend2.am: error: bad characters in variable > name 'footool-foo' > /usr/share/automake-1.14/am/depend2.am: warning: footool-foo multiply defined > in condition TRUE ... > /usr/share/automake-1.14/am/depend2.am: ... 'footool-foo' previously defined > here > autoreconf: automake failed with exit status: 1 > > Other automake versions are affected as well, at least automake 1.13.1 and > automake 1.12.6 > > > Also noteworthy the variant without CPPFLAGS seems to work: > noinst_PROGRAMS = footool > footool_SOURCES = foo=bar.c > > $ autoreconf -fi > $ echo $? > 0 > Sorry, but I fear the real solution for this problem is: do not use problematic characters in filenames. I wouldn't reject a patch that fixes your problem (assuming it wouldn't complicate the code in any way), but I'm not going to attempt such a patch myself. So I'm closing this bug marking it as "Will Not Fix"; if you or anyone else manages to write a patch with the characteristics I've required, feel free to reopen the bug and sent the patch here.
Thanks, Stefano
