I would like to learn a bit more about how to use automake (and the GNU
build system in general) to build projects which are organized in a deep
directory structure (apparently, also known as deep topology[¹]).
Consider the following directory structure:
.
└──src
├── bar
│ └── component
├── baz
└── foo
├── component1
├── component2
├── ...
└── component-n
From what I've gathered, for this case automake offers essentially two
approaches: set the project as a shallow directory structure, where
./src/Makefile.am is used to list all files in the project, and convert
subdirs into convenience libraries[²].
As there any other options worth mentioning? And what's the recommended
option?
Thanks,
Zé
[¹] http://seul.org/docs/autotut/
[²]
http://www.gnu.org/software/automake/manual/html_node/Libtool-Convenience-Libraries.html
