Re: pattern rules example

2011-05-18 Thread Thien-Thi Nguyen
() Ralf Wildenhues () Wed, 18 Aug 2010 07:02:07 +0200 Format conversion seems like a good idea, ideally one that's about free formats and using free and portable tools? Hi Ralf, Sorry for the long delay. Please find below a patch, rebased onto 68e694113, that takes into account your sugg

Re: pattern rules example

2010-08-17 Thread Ralf Wildenhues
* Thien-Thi Nguyen wrote on Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 10:46:32PM CEST: > () Ralf Wildenhues >Can we find a transformation that is known to most readers, not already >done by automake, general enough to be portable, and short enough to >serve as a quick example? If a real-world one can't b

Re: pattern rules example

2010-08-17 Thread Thien-Thi Nguyen
() Ralf Wildenhues () Tue, 17 Aug 2010 21:33:15 +0200 there are a couple of reasons I'd prefer a slightly different example: [reasons] Thanks for the prompt review; i agree redundant overlap is undesirable. [...] SUFFIXES [...] Ack. Can we find a transformation that is known to mo

pattern rules example (was: Makefile to Makefile.am)

2010-08-17 Thread Ralf Wildenhues
[ automake-patches@ added; followups can drop automake@ ] Hello Thien-Thi, * Thien-Thi Nguyen wrote on Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 02:22:31AM CEST: > () Ralf Wildenhues > () Sun, 15 Aug 2010 23:32:44 +0200 > >Yes, with a general example, please. > > I am unsure what "general example" means, precis