Re: Question about testing a library.

2008-06-12 Thread Ralf Wildenhues
Hello Glenn, * Schrader, Glenn wrote on Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 07:54:59PM CEST: > > I am creating a library that is built with automake. The way that I > >think< this should work is: > The problem I'm having is that the programs installcheck uses to test > the library can only be build after the '

Re: Simple "how-to" question, libtool

2008-06-12 Thread Ralf Wildenhues
Hello, I've little to add to Brian's detailed reply, except that ... * Mar Loh wrote on Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 06:07:23PM CEST: > +topdir > --+libsrcdir > --+libsrcsubdir1 > --+libsrcsubdir2 there is no need to have configure scripts in each of those directories. Just have one at the top,

Re: [gnu.org #364322] Automake small patch

2008-06-12 Thread Ralf Wildenhues
Hello, * Deborah Nicholson via RT wrote on Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 11:36:38PM CEST: > I maintain the directory, but not the projects. I'm cc'ing the official > Automake email address so they can incorporate your patch. Thank you. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Mon Jun 09 23:52:05 2008]: > > > > I tired

Re: Makefile.in's in build tree

2008-06-12 Thread Ralf Wildenhues
Hello, * Kamaljit Singh wrote on Fri, Jun 13, 2008 at 12:17:12AM CEST: > I maintain my build tree separate to src tree which has all the > Makefile.am's. Is it possible that all generated files (including > the Makefile.in's and the various cache) be in the build tree ? No, sorry. The Mak

Makefile.in's in build tree

2008-06-12 Thread Kamaljit Singh
Hi, I maintain my build tree separate to src tree which has all the Makefile.am's. Is it possible that all generated files (including the Makefile.in's and the various cache) be in the build tree ? kamaljit

Re: Simple "how-to" question, libtool

2008-06-12 Thread Brian Dessent
Mar Loh wrote: > Q1: Every time I run ./configure from the topdir, the system checks > (checking for BSD-compatible) are re-run every time it gets to a new > subdirectory, making the configure take a long time. How do I remove these > checks when going to a new subdirectory (these are clearly

Question about testing a library.

2008-06-12 Thread Schrader, Glenn
I am creating a library that is built with automake. The way that I >think< this should work is: Build the library with the command: make Check the build with the command: make check Install the library to the prefix:make install Check the installation with the command: mak

Simple "how-to" question, libtool

2008-06-12 Thread Mar Loh
My apologies for the novice nature of my question, but I'm quite unfamiliar with autotools, and I'm failing a bit at filling the gap in documentation between "hello world" and the full gnu manuals. I'm trying to get an autobuild system working for a fairly large codebase, and the recursion and tar

[gnu.org #364322] Automake small patch

2008-06-12 Thread Deborah Nicholson via RT
Hi, I maintain the directory, but not the projects. I'm cc'ing the official Automake email address so they can incorporate your patch. You may also want to try contacting the project through its homepage, http://sources.redhat.com/automake/ Cheers, Deborah > [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Mon Jun 09 23:

Re: Extra_dist cannot hold two long lists?

2008-06-12 Thread bonami
failures still occur when i put all the .cpp in EXTRA_DIST, it still does not include all my files. so i followed your suggestion, putting them into ..._SOURCES. this will expose unnecessary things, but it does not hurt. Ralf Wildenhues wrote: > > * A117 wrote on Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 08:15:13AM

Re: Extra_dist cannot hold two long lists?

2008-06-12 Thread Ralf Wildenhues
* A117 wrote on Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 08:15:13AM CEST: > problem is, stdafx.* and targetver.* etc. should not go into this library, > since they are to be used by VC project only. > I guess they have to go to EXTRA_DIST. Yes you can put them in EXTRA_DIST (which will do nothing except put them in t