On Sun, 8 Mar 2015, Bert Wesarg wrote:
So if A/Makefile.am contains:
foo_SRCS = ... $(srcdir)/../foo/bar.c
As far as I am aware, it is wise/required that source paths be subordinate
to the Makefile.am location (no .. bits).
If that would really be a requirement now or with subdir-objects, I
would say its a regression.
I checked the current Automake manual and am not able to find any text
which says that a subdirectory needs to be a subdirectory of where the
Makefile resides. What is a subdirectory anyway? The generated
Makefile would include per-source-file target specifications outside
of the directory where the Makefile resides.
Perhaps the ability to use this successfully depends on the
implementation of the VPATH and target resolution support in the make
program (and possibly make program version) that your project is
specifically targeting.
I can not imagine 'make dist' or 'make distcheck' working properly if
source files are not subordinate to the directory containing Makefile.
How is 'tar' supposed to work?
Harlan's posting here was due to Automake not working as he expected
for files which are not in a subdirectory so maybe it does not work.
Bob
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