Re: SUFFIXES does not work?

[Michael Bletzinger]

Jose Roman Bilbao wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I have a little problem using automake as I can not make it accept a
> different suffix like .moc. I have written this automake.am:
>
> lib_LTLIBRARIES = libXmippGraphics.la
>
> libXmippGraphics_la_SOURCES = Src/showTools.cc      showTools.moc \
>         Src/show2D.cc         show2D.moc \
>         Src/showTable.cc      showTable.moc \
>         Src/showSel.cc        showSel.moc \
>         Src/showVol.cc        showVol.moc \
>         Src/showSpectra.cc    showSpectra.moc \
>         Src/showSOM.cc        showSOM.moc \
>         Src/showSpectraSOM.cc showSpectraSOM.moc
>
> INCLUDES = -I$(top_srcdir)/Lib @QT_CXXFLAGS@
> LIBADD = @QT_LIBS@
>
> SUFFIXES = .moc
>
> .moc:

I'm not a make expert but don't you need to specify the input extension 
as well as an output.  Something like:

.hh.moc:

        Michael

>         @echo "Generating MOC for" $*.hh "..."
>         @@QT_MOC@ -o $*_moc.cc $*.hh
>         @make $*_moc.o @QT_CXXFLAGS@ @QT_LIBS@
>         @mv $*_moc.o $*.moc
>         @rm $*_moc.cc
>
> It gives no problems when running autoconf, automake and others.... but
> when compiling it seems not to generate anything related to .moc files.
> Can you help me trying to find out the problem?
>
> Thanks


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