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Problem Debugging GNU Make Projects

I am trying to use Xcode as an editor/debugger for a project which needs to run on a lot of platforms. This means use of automake, autoconf, and libtool for the builds, and use of the GNU Make project type, with an external build target.

Setting the project up, editing files, etc. was easy, but when I got compile warnings/errors, double-clicking on them was not bringing up the offending source files, even though they had been added to the project. After some hard thinking, it occurred to me that Xcode might not be looking for them in the right subdirectory of the project, which has different subdirectories for different parts of the library.

Sure enough, when I created a "flat" project with only one directory, Xcode was able to bring up source files when there were compile warnings/errors.

So, I'm left wondering if there's any way to find debugging happiness in this environment. Creating separate, flat Xcode projects with a single directory each isn't feasible, because there are so many directories, and managing dependencies between projects would be a nightmare. What I'm hoping is that there's some setting, feature, or trick to getting Xcode to be able to know what subdirectory it's in, so that when an external target is building in a subdirectory, it can bring up the relevant source file.

Whew. That's certainly a mouthful, I hope I asked my question clearly. So, is it doable?

Thanks.
-Tony
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