Am Donnerstag, den 21.06.2007, 13:56 +0200 schrieb [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > Hello, > > As part of the build process, I would like to convert text files to > binary files. They don't get installed, the files can be used later to > test the program. > > In particular, the input format is *.txt and the output format is *.bin. > > I've got it working, but I feel it's far from elegant. I want it to be > part of the distribution package, the .bin files to be generated by > the source .txt files but I don't want them to be installed anywhere. > > Thanks, > Jason. > > Makefile.am > SRC = 01_InvalidByte.txt \ > 02_CorruptedMsg.txt \ > 03_InvalidByte.txt \ > 04_InvalidByteAscii.txt \ > 05_BufferOverrun.txt > > # The rule: > # BIN = $(SRC:.txt=.bin) > # doesn't seem to work
Works here (but see SUFFIXES). > BIN = 01_InvalidByte.bin \ > 02_CorruptedMsg.bin \ > 03_InvalidByte.bin \ > 04_InvalidByteAscii.bin \ > 05_BufferOverrun.bin > > CLEANFILES = $(BIN) > > EXTRA_DIST = $(SRC) pxxd.pl > > all: $(BIN) This should be `all-local:'. The all-target is automatically created by automake. > # When we 'make' we create generate the bin files > .txt.bin: > perl pxxd.pl $< $@ I guess, you further need a SUFFIXES = .txt .bin Then it works here. Regards, Daniel
