I am facing a problem with library and header dependencies among autoconfiscated packages.
I will explain my problem based on a modified version of "arm and hand" example package I got from "GNU Automake Manual", chapter 7.4 Nesting Packages. Suppose that instead of having arm and hand packages, this example has body as main package and trunk, arm and leg as subpackages (autoconfiscated), such as described by the following directory hierarchy: body (main package) |--> trunk (autoconfiscated package) |--> arm (autoconfiscated package) |--> leg (autoconfiscated package) (Note that these autoconfiscated packages are into body package because they are still in development. In this way, getting the advantages of using nested packages features from autotools!) The problem is that packages arm and leg have calls to functions in trunk subpackage, so they have library and header dependencies on trunk. Here comes my question: * What is the best way to set library and header paths in the autotools files bellow? body's configure.ac: AC_PREREQ([2.67]) AC_INIT([body], [1.0]) AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR(config) AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE AC_PROG_CC LT_INIT AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile]) # Call ./configure script recursively of trunk, arm and leg. AC_CONFIG_SUBDIRS([ trunk arm leg ]) AC_OUTPUT body's Makefile.am: ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I m4 -I. # Build the library in the arm, leg and trunk subdirectory first. SUBDIRS = trunk arm leg # Include headers from arm, leg and trunk when compiling this directory. AM_CPPFLAGS = -I$(srcdir)/arm -I$(srcdir)/leg -I$(srcdir)/trunk lib_LTLIBRARIES = libbody.la libbody_la_SOURCES = src/body.c # link with the arm, leg and trunk library. libbody_la_LIBLDADD = arm/libarm.la leg/libleg.la trunk/libtrunk.la Now here is trunk's trunk/configure.ac: AC_INIT([trunk], [1.2]) AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR(config) AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE AC_PROG_CC LT_INIT AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile]) AC_OUTPUT and its trunk/Makefile.am: ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I m4 -I. noinst_LTLIBRARIES = libtrunk.la Now here is arm's arm/configure.ac: AC_INIT([arm], [1.2]) AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR(config) AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE AC_PROG_CC LT_INIT AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile]) AC_OUTPUT and its arm/Makefile.am: ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I m4 -I. noinst_LTLIBRARIES = libarm.la libarm_la_SOURCES = src/arm.c Now here is leg's leg/configure.ac: AC_INIT([leg], [1.2]) AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR(config) AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE AC_PROG_CC LT_INIT AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile]) AC_OUTPUT and its leg/Makefile.am: ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I m4 -I. noinst_LTLIBRARIES = libleg.la libleg_la_SOURCES = src/leg.c Regards, Vitor Moscon.
