Re: AC_CONFIG_FILES with macro parameters

[Akim Demaille]

>>>>> "Johan" == Johan Danielsson <address@hidden> writes:

Johan> Suppose I have something like:

Johan> AC_DEFUN(FOO, [AC_CONFIG_FILES($1/Makefile)])

Johan> FOO(somedir)

Johan> This works fine with autoconf, but is there some way to
Johan> convince automake about this construct? Is there an alternate
Johan> way to do the same thing?

Currently impossible.  Autoconf provides all the machinery Automake
needs to be able to handle such requests (namely `autoconf --trace),
but it has been decided that the next Automake will not depend upon
the next Autoconf.  So just don't do it.