On Sun, Oct 28, 2012 at 11:57 AM, Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattar...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 10/28/2012 11:34 AM, Vincent Torri wrote: >> Hey >> >> Our project build some modules as shared lib. We added the possibility >> to statically link them to the library with autoconf. We then define >> BUILD_STATIC automake conditionnal to select what we want. The tree >> directories are: >> >> src/lib <--- where the lib is >> src/module <-- where the module is. >> >> * in src/module/Makefile.am: >> >> if ! BUILD_STATIC >> >> pkg_LTLIBRARIES = module.la >> module_la_SOURCES = foo.c >> >> else >> >> noinst_LTLIBRARIES = mylib_module.la >> mylib_module_la_SOURCES = foo.c >> >> endif >> >> * and in src/lib/Makefile.am >> >> if BUILD_STATIC >> >> SUBDIRS += ../module >> > Yikes! Recursing into a sibling directory, rather than just children > ones, is asking for problems IMO. > >> mylib_la_LIBADD += ../module/mylib_module.la >> >> endif >> >> It works well, until I use the maintainer-clean rule. Indeed, because >> of the SUBDIRS in src/lib/Makefile.am, maintainer-clean is launched >> twice, hence an error as there is no Makefile anymore in src/module >> when the 2nd maintainer-clean rule is executed. >> >> I also tried this in src/lib/Makefile.am: >> >> if BUILD_STATIC >> >> mylib_la_SOURCES += ../module/foo.c >> >> endif >> >> but then same kind of error, with foo.Plo in src/module/.deps when the >> 2nd maintainer-clean rule is launched : that file does not exist >> anymore >> >> Does someone know what I have to do ? >> > My advice: re-organize your build system to avoid recursive make > invocations where not actually necessary.
that's the second version above in src/lib/Makefile.am : I add to mylib_la_SOURCES the file that is in another directory, so no SUBDIRS,right ? Vincent Torri
