Hi Ed, * Ed Hartnett wrote on Fri, Jul 08, 2005 at 07:28:38PM CEST: > > I have a slew of test programs, and my Makefile.am contains something > like this: > > # These programs are all built for make check in this directory. > check_PROGRAMS = tst_nc_converts tst_h_files tst_h_atts tst_h_vars \
> # Each program depends on its C file and tests.h. > tst_nc_converts_SOURCES = tst_nc_converts.c tests.h > tst_h_files_SOURCES = tst_h_files.c tests.h > It's a long list, and I am wondering if there is any easy way to > specify that they *all* depend on tests.h, instead of listing it for > each. You don't need to specify header dependencies manually at all. All that is necessary is that tests.h is listed _once_ in some variable that will cause Automake to put the header into the tarball when you do `make dist'. Regards, Ralf