Re: alternate makefile variable constructs

[Richard Stallman]

    that is, instead of using #define, use actual makefile variables.

I gather that you can't solve the whole problem with that approach.

      in any case, cpp programs that insert spaces around "." lose
    for these instances:

Our approach to this in the past has been to use a cpp that doesn't
insert spaces.  Can you get GNU cpp to run, and use that?