>>> "Gregory" == Gregory Sharp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Gregory> My program uses a 3rd party library, that I include with the Gregory> distribution as a subdirectory. Gregory> I want to build the library, and statically link to it, which Gregory> works OK by including the subdirectory as SUBDIRS. But the Gregory> problem is that "make install" also wants to install the Gregory> library, which I don't need. Any suggestions for working Gregory> around this? I prefer not to modify the 3rd party autoconf/make Gregory> scripts. I can't see any _clean_ way to do this with the current tools. It would be nice that Automake supports noinst_SUBDIRS and check_SUBDIRS for directories that must not be always built, or built only for `make check', but never installed. Gregory> And a more meta-question, is there any good reference or Gregory> document about how one should include 3rd party libraries Gregory> in one's package? None that I know. -- Alexandre Duret-Lutz
