Re: [PATCH 3/7] iconv_open: reduce not-trivial repetition of file-list

[Ralf Wildenhues]

Hi Gary,

* Gary V. Vaughan wrote on Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 11:45:52AM CEST:
> Hmm... it's a pity that there isn't an Automake syntax for transforming
> lists of filenames (that works with portable make anyway), since having
> four near-identical lists of filenames bothers me a (tiny) little bit.

For what it's worth,
  $(MACRO:.suffix1=.suffix2)

is portable to both Posix make and Automake, as long as both suffixes do
not contain dots.  If they do contain dots, then it's still portable to
most make implementations in practice (and to Automake).  The process
can be repeated by using assignments to intermediate helper macros.

Isn't that what you were looking for here?

Cheers,
Ralf