Automake manual

2006-10-27 Thread Bobby Jack
Please accept my apologies if this is not the best email address for this question. Shouldn't the line at: http://sources.redhat.com/automake/automake.html#amhello-Explained beginning "This file is read by both autoconf (to create configure.ac)" read "This file is read by both autoconf (to cr

Re: amhello build prob

2006-10-27 Thread Ralf Wildenhues
Second try. * Patrick Welche wrote on Wed, Oct 25, 2006 at 07:44:21PM CEST: > ... > Making all in doc > gmake[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/local/automake/doc' > ... > config.status: creating Makefile > config.status: creating src/Makefile > config.status: creating config.h > config.status: ex

Re: How do I get configuration files installed?

2006-10-27 Thread Ralf Wildenhues
Hello Jim, * Jim Lynch wrote on Fri, Oct 27, 2006 at 02:46:04PM CEST: > I'm trying to figure out how to add a file to be installed in > $prefix/bin/lib. Why in the world would you want that? (Honest question!) Wouldn't it be enough if you used $(libdir), and told your users that if they want t

Re: How do I get configuration files installed?

2006-10-27 Thread Andreas Schwab
Jim Lynch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I'm trying to figure out how to add a file to be installed in > $prefix/bin/lib. Are you sure you want that and not $libdir or even $datadir? > But when I put > bin_SCRIPTS=bin/float.pl bin/work.pl bin/lib/cipher.txt > in there, it simply puts ciper.txt in

Re: EXTRA_PROGRAMS vs. clean

2006-10-27 Thread Akim Demaille
While we're one that topic, I don't understand why cleaning the tags is hooked to distclean instead of clean.

EXTRA_PROGRAMS vs. clean

2006-10-27 Thread Akim Demaille
Sorry if this is a faq, but I have found nothing convincing, excepted this unanswered message: http://sourceware.org/ml/bug-automake/2001/msg00391.html and http://sources.redhat.com/ml/bug-automake/2003/msg00311.html where adl seems to agree it should be cleaned. I don't understand

How do I get configuration files installed?

2006-10-27 Thread Jim Lynch
I'm trying to figure out how to add a file to be installed in $prefix/bin/lib. I'm able to add files to bin by putting bin_SCRIPTS=bin/float.pl bin/work.pl in my Makefile.AM But when I put bin_SCRIPTS=bin/float.pl bin/work.pl bin/lib/cipher.txt in there, it simply puts ciper.txt in bin also.