Re: Modify $PATH for all subdirectories

2011-04-07 Thread Ben Pfaff
"Too, Justin A." writes: > Can I define SOME_TEST in only one Makefile.am and make it available to > all of the others? I have many Makefile.ams that require the SOME_TEST > variable and I would prefer not having to define it in every Makefile.am > individually. If I have it in one location, it p

Re: Modify $PATH for all subdirectories

2011-04-07 Thread Too, Justin A.
Hi Ben, Can I define SOME_TEST in only one Makefile.am and make it available to all of the others? I have many Makefile.ams that require the SOME_TEST variable and I would prefer not having to define it in every Makefile.am individually. If I have it in one location, it provides me the flexibility

Re: Modify $PATH for all subdirectories

2011-04-07 Thread Ben Pfaff
"Too, Justin A." writes: > Thanks for the tips. I definitely would like to have the most portable > solution so I'm leaning toward Dave's suggestion. The reason I wanted the > PATH solution, however, was to keep things simple and in one location. > Maybe what I will do is set an AC_SUBST for SOME

Re: Modify $PATH for all subdirectories

2011-04-07 Thread Too, Justin A.
Hi, Thanks for the tips. I definitely would like to have the most portable solution so I'm leaning toward Dave's suggestion. The reason I wanted the PATH solution, however, was to keep things simple and in one location. Maybe what I will do is set an AC_SUBST for SOME_TEST, then in the "check-loca

Re: Modify $PATH for all subdirectories

2011-04-07 Thread Dave Hart
On Wed, Apr 6, 2011 at 20:45 UTC, Too, Justin A. wrote: > Or is there a better way to accomplish this? Instead of changing $PATH, you could refer to the executable relative to $(top_builddir) in your check-local targets: check-local: check-something check-something: $(top_builddir)/scrip

Re: Modify $PATH for all subdirectories

2011-04-06 Thread Ralf Wildenhues
Hello Justin, * Too, Justin A. wrote on Wed, Apr 06, 2011 at 10:45:06PM CEST: > An executable is generated during 'make' in a directory called > scripts/test/install/bin. This executable is used during the > "check-local" rules in all of the Makefile.am's. In the top-level > Makefile.am, how can I

Modify $PATH for all subdirectories

2011-04-06 Thread Too, Justin A.
Hi all, An executable is generated during 'make' in a directory called scripts/test/install/bin. This executable is used during the "check-local" rules in all of the Makefile.am's. In the top-level Makefile.am, how can I accomplish something like "export PATH=`pwd`/scripts/test/install/bin:$PAT