Sorry I forgot to mention the files in EXTRA_DIST are to be packed into release package. All the cpp files mentioned here already exists and are to be compiled and released. If I put all cpp files in _SOURCES, the EXTRA_DIST files are not released. The only way I've found is to put only one cpp file in _SOURCES, while others to EXTRA_DIST and add .o to _LIBADD. My goal is to build all the .cpp and put all .cpp, .txt, .rc into release package. ------------------------------------- And can I ask another question? I want to build some source code files into this library and need to distribute some other files, too. But EXTRA_DIST in Makefile.am does not work as below, lib_LTLIBRARIES = libezcommon.la ... libezcommon_la_SOURCES = ezcommon.cpp tinystr.cpp ... EXTRA_DIST = tinyxml.txt ezcommon.rc ...
If I write only one file in libezcommon_la_SOURCES, while adding others to EXTRA_DIST and others' .o to libezcommon_la_LIBADD, it works. I don't know why. I'm sorry, I don't understand the question. Are you trying to generate sources, or optional build some sources? Perhaps a bit more context on the problem... Thanks for your patience. ----- ----- On 7/22/2009 9:15 PM, A117 wrote: Thank you. I've decided to put the library in /usr/local/lib, while its header files in /usr/local/include/ezproject. It's strange though /usr/local/lib is in /etc/ld.so.conf (actually in another file it includes), and I can build other programs acting much as mine, I have difficulty with mine only. I run ldconfig manually and then it works. Now I'm releasing my software. ldconfig updates the library cache. the /etc/ld.so.conf file is the file used by ldconfig to determine which directories to scan for libraries. When you add a new library to one of the directories in /etc/ld.so.conf, then you need to run ldconfig to ensure that the cache is aware of that new library. John