On Tue, 2006-01-10 at 14:49 -0600, Matt Hull wrote: > > On Tue, 10 Jan 2006, Ralf Corsepius wrote: > > > On Tue, 2006-01-10 at 13:55 -0600, Matt Hull wrote: > > > > > > On Tue, 10 Jan 2006, Ralf Corsepius wrote: > > > > > > > On Tue, 2006-01-10 at 12:16 -0600, Matt Hull wrote: > > > > > > On Mon, 2006-01-09 at 15:30 -0600, Matt Hull wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > makefile.am : > > > > > > > ------------- > > > > > > > bin_PROGRAMS = mine > > > > > > > mine_SOURCES = src/main.c > > > > > > > > > > > > > > if WITH_GTK1 > > > > > > > mine_sources += src/gtk2/gtk1.c src/gtk2/gtk1.h > > > > > > > endif > > > > > > > > > > > > > > DIST_SUBDIRS = src src/gtk1 src/gtk2 > > > > > > > > > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~/mine-0.0.9 $ aclocal -I aclocal.include/ && > > > > > > > autoheader && autoconf && automake && ./configure && make > > > > > > > automake: makefile.am: not supported: source file `src/main.c' is > > > > > > > in subdirectory > > > > > > > > > > > > > not sure what is wrong > > > > > > Which version of automake are you using? The error indicates you > > > > > > might > > > > > > be using an outdated version (current is 1.9.6). > > > > > > > > > i am also testing on an older system that cannot be upgraded, how > > > > > would i > > > > > write a toplevel make file for that ? > > > > > > > > This feature is only supported in newer automakes (IIRC, since 1.9). It > > > > doesn't work with older versions of automake. > > > > > my old test system is: > > > > > > autoconf version 2.13 > > > automake version 1.4 > > > > > > not my primary computer, just a test one. can not be upgraded. > > > > Are you seriously trying to tell us you are developing on such an > > ancient and outdated system? In this case you are wasting your time of > > SW which has been abandoned many years ago. > > i am developing on my up to date systems, but would like it to be backward > compatible, thats all. What for? autoconf-2.13 and automake-1.4 are dead and unmaintained for many years.
> > You should realize that you don't need autoconf/automake on targets you > > configure a package on. You need autoconf/automake on those machines you > > develop the package on. > i was just thinking that. so i can do the top level makefile and use > autoconf/automake on the current system and configure and make should work > on the outdated ? Yes. That's how the autotools are supposed to work - at least unless the system isn't such kind of old that it'll break on other constraints/resources autoconf/automake generated files depend on. Ralf
