Re: pattern rules

[Ralf Wildenhues]

* Ralf Hemmecke wrote on Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 09:53:42AM CEST:
> On 03/27/2008 06:21 PM, Ralf Wildenhues wrote:
>
>> What you can do is use -Wno-portability only for those Makefile.am files
>> for which you need it, by enabling it in those files only:
>>   AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = ... -Wno-portability
>
> Do I understand correctly, that I simply exclude -Wno-portability from  
> AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE and rather put a line with AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS in any  
> Makefile.am where I use pattern rules?

Yes.

>> Discussions and patches welcome.
>
> Please don't expect too much from me. I am just a beginner and not a  
> developer. I am only starting to learn about Automake's features.

Well, this is a public list, so others might just chime in.  Also, don't
underestimate the useful input that newcomers have: experienced users
tend to be unaware of beginners' pitfalls and documentation issues that
make it needlessly difficult to get into the game.

Cheers,
Ralf