On Thu, Feb 08, 2007 at 08:13:18PM +0100, Enrico Sardi wrote: > I've read autoconf and automake manuals but I've not yet fully > understand a thing...what's the difference between writing $(datadir) > and @datadir@ in a makefile.am?
If you use $(datadir), the user can override it at build time (e.g. make datadir='<path>'). Not so with @datadir@ where the @datadir@ string is replaced in-place. -- albert chin ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
