I am writing to ask how to accomplish one thing with Automake. In my project I have a file named "tests/test.am" with some extra rules. In a directory where I want these rules to be active, I put in the Makefile.am of this directory: "include $(top_srcdir)/tests/test.am".
The problem for me is that my rules in the file "tests/test.am" are recursive: they "dive" into subdirectories and expect the same rules to be present in these subdirectories. Therefore once you use in some Makefile.am "include $(top_srcdir)/tests/test.am", then in the Makefile.am files in every subdirectory you also have to use "include $(top_srcdir)/tests/test.am". And here my question comes: is there a way to instruct Automake only once to include $(top_srcdir)/tests/test.am in a particular Makefile.am and in every Makefile.am that are in the subdirectories? Also, is there a way to tell Automake to include $(top_srcdir)/tests/test.am in every Makefile.am of the project? Please send your response to also me, because I am not on the list. Thank you & best, Irek
