$ automake
automake: error: src/Makefile:append/append.mk in @other_input_files
automake: @other_input_files = (src/Makefile:append/append.mk)
automake: Please contact <bug-automake@gnu.org>.
at /usr/share/automake-1.13/Automake/Channels.pm line 662.
Automake::Channels::msg('automake', '', 'src/Makefile:append/append.mk
in @other_input_files\x{a}@other_in...') called at
/usr/share/automake-1.13/Automake/ChannelDefs.pm line 212
Automake::ChannelDefs::prog_error('src/Makefile:append/append.mk in
@other_input_files\x{a}@other_in...') called at /bin/automake line 4214
Automake::handle_configure('Makefile.am', 'Makefile.in', 'Makefile',
'Makefile.in') called at /bin/automake line 7873
Automake::generate_makefile('Makefile.am', 'Makefile.in') called at
/bin/automake line 8189
Automake::handle_makefile('Makefile.in') called at /bin/automake line
8203
Automake::handle_makefiles_serial() called at /bin/automake line 8337
Tested versions: automake-1.13 and automake-1.15
How to reproduce:
Extract /usr/share/doc/automake-1.13.4/amhello-1.0.tar.gz
Create directory amhello-1.0/append
Create file amhello-1.0/append/append.mk
Add any text to amhello-1.0/append/append.mk
Edit configure.ac to include append/append.mk in AC_CONFIG_FILES as follows:
AC_CONFIG_FILES([
Makefile
src/Makefile:append/append.mk
])
Documentation:
AC_CONFIG_FILES
You can override an input file name by appending to file a colon-separated list
of
input files. Examples:
AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile:boiler/top.mk:boiler/bot.mk]
[lib/Makefile:boiler/lib.mk])
Doing this allows you to keep your file names acceptable to DOS variants, or to
prepend and/or append boilerplate to the file.
Best Regards,
Sean
