Re: allowing users to add source files without rerunning the autotools?

[Paul Smith]

On Fri, 2012-01-20 at 20:35 +0100, Stefano Lattarini wrote:
> >> What automake does for source files it knows about is just "include
> >> $(DEPDIR)/srcfile.Po" (apparently "include" is considered portable
> >> make?).
> > 
> > It's not considered portable make.
> >
> Still, it's worth noting that it works with every make implementation
> I usually test automake with:

FYI, I believe that POSIX has approved adding an "include" command to
the make standard.  I can't remember for sure.

I know that POSIX standard != portable, necessarily, but it's a start.