Hello, the message you reply to doesn't seem to have made it to the list, other than to nabble. It would have been helpful if you quote text you reply to:
> > Usually makefile generated by automake will compile each source file > > and output .o file in the same directory of the source file. How to > > let automake output .o files to a specific directory at the same > > time savely link them to my program/library? * scleung wrote on Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 03:29:15AM CET: > I have searched some related threads and seems that it won't work like this > way. > All suggestions were using VPATH build. Yes, indeed. They are documented for example here: <http://www.gnu.org/software/automake/manual/html_node/VPATH-Builds.html> Generally, this mechanism is more powerful and useful than moving objects in a specific directory. Another thing you might be interested in is the subdir-objects option; <http://www.gnu.org/software/automake/manual/html_node/Program-and-Library-Variables.html#index-Objects-in-subdirectory-453>. > So does it possible to change the current directory in configure script to > specify the builddir? Yes, by calling the configure script *from* the builddir-to-be, i.e., with the builddir as current directory. > I also try to override top_builddir variable with AC_SUBST but it seems not > work. No, that won't work. Hope that helps. Cheers, Ralf
