Hi, I created a Makefile.in where I read the content out of a file and pass it to CFLAGS. Calling ./configure ... the Makefile will be generated an all works well. Makefile.in: ... MY_REVISION_FILE=my-revision.txt MY_REVISION=$(shell cat $(top_srcdir)/$(MY_REVISION_FILE)) AM_CFLAGS = -I$(EXTRAS_INCLUDE_DIR) -I$(top_srcdir) -DMY_REVISION=$(MY_REVISION) ... The problem arises once I moved the Makefile.in code into Makefile.am to allow the auto generation of Makefile.in. There calling autoreconf -i --force stops with the following error: server/Makefile.am:9: cat $(top_srcdir: non-POSIX variable name server/Makefile.am:9: (probably a GNU make extension) autoreconf: automake failed with exit status: 1 This problem hunts me now since quite some time. I searched everywhere but did not find anything that could help me finding a solution for that. In short, the only thing I need is a way to get an uninterpreted text such as "$(shell cat $(top_srcdir)/$(MY_REVISION_FILE))" copied from Makefile.am to Makefile.in Any idea? Thanks, Oliver -- View this message in context: http://gnu-autoconf.7623.n7.nabble.com/Autoreconf-stops-with-non-POSIX-variable-name-tp18630.html Sent from the Gnu - Autoconf - General mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ Autoconf mailing list Autoconf@xxxxxxx https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/autoconf
