You may also want: noinst_DATA = poll.spec
H > > I like to include my subversion version number in my rpm spec file so I can > > keep track of the source used to generate the binary. I've been manually > > changing it but since I forget to sometimes, I'd like for make to generate > > the spec file for me. I wrote a small perl program that reads a template > > file (.tmpl) and writes out the .spec file after calling subversion . -n. > I > > can't figure out how to force make from a Makefile.am to run the perl scrip > t > > each time it builds. > > I thought I could do it with SUFFIXES but when I tried it didn't work. I > > added the following to the top level Makefile.am: > > > > noinst_PROGRAMS = poll.spec > > poll_tmpl_SOURCES = poll.tmpl FORCE > > .tmpl.spec: > > ./logpoll.pl $< > > > > FORCE: > > You want BUILT_SOURCES = something. > > If logpoll.pl takes the .tmpl.spec file and spits out 'poll.spec' then > you want: > > BUILT_SOURCES = poll.spec > > poll.spec: .tmpl.spec logpoll.pl > ./logpoll.pl $< > > if logpoll.pl is a generated script. If it's part of the package you want: > > poll.spec: .tmpl.spec > $srcdir/logpoll.pl $< > > H > > >
