Automake will create a 'dist' target for you: "The `dist' rule in the generated `Makefile.in' can be used to generate a gzip'd `tar' file and other flavors of archive for distribution." This is from 'info automake dist'.
This distributable gzip'd tarball contains files to be installed and install scripts. Automake also makes a 'make uninstall' that does what you'd expect. Here's a place you could start to learn more about this: http://adammonsen.com/tut/libgladeTest.html (see "Other Resources") On Wed, 11 Aug 2004 16:48:12 -0700, Gustavo A. Baratto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > hello all, > > I thought this was a very well requested feature, but I after searching on the > mailing list archives, I found out that it is not... > > Basically, what I looking for is a 'make package' rule, where all the files that > would be installed, plus an install script could be tarred up together, so we can > copy the tarball to many diferent servers, unpack it, run the script, and the files > get installed without the need of copying over or nfs mounting the whole source > code? Not a fancy full blown package like rpm. > > Maybe the install script would have an uninstall feature as well (I have seen a > thread requesting this). > > I know nothing about automake except for running make,make install and make > distclean... but I would be willing to help... > > -- Adam Monsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://adammonsen.com/
