Using shell code within Makefile.am

2011-04-05 Thread David Bruce
t;; \ todos -p ; \ mv ".txt"; \ done) If I just run my script from the Makefile.am, however, it works. So I could just package the script with the program, but I'd like to understand how to get things like this working with shell code placed directly into the Makefile.am. Thanks for any help, or suggestions on a better way to do this. David Bruce

Newbie question - "make dist" with conditional data

2007-09-04 Thread David Bruce
e this so that "make dist" does not include the font files, but have another target (perhaps "make dist_with_fonts") that does include them. Is there a good way to do this in my Makefile.am's? Thanks, (and apologies if I missed the place in the manual where this is explained) -- David Bruce

Re: Newbie question - "make dist" with conditional data

2007-09-19 Thread David Bruce
lled "tuxtype-1.5.15.tar.gz" - is there any easy way to have the file created as, say, "tuxtype-f-1.5.15.tar.gz", or some variant? Anyway, thanks. > Cheers, > Ralf Cheers, -- David Bruce

Re: Newbie question - "make dist" with conditional data

2007-09-19 Thread David Bruce
"OK" to reset variables such as distdir in this way? Anyway, thanks - I'm learning! -- David Bruce

Installing data in heirarchical fashion

2007-11-20 Thread David Bruce
/local/share/tuxmath. Is there a proper, automated, "Automake Way" to get the whole data tree installed in the desired location? Thanks for any help, -- David Bruce

Re: Installing data in heirarchical fashion

2007-11-20 Thread David Bruce
ATA, e.g.: >nobase_dist_pkgdata_DATA = images/vortex.pgm sounds/whirl.ogg > See: http://www.gnu.org/software/automake/manual/html_node/ > Alternative.html Works great - thanks! -- David Bruce

MKDIR_P vs. mkdir_p and automake versions

2008-05-12 Thread David Bruce
the project to build, and I'm wondering if the problem was that he didn't have the current automake. Also, if he can't/won't upgrade to 1.10, is there an acceptable workaround? Thanks, -- David Bruce

Re: MKDIR_P vs. mkdir_p and automake versions

2008-05-13 Thread David Bruce
Hi, On Tuesday 13 May 2008 04:37:16 am Stepan Kasal wrote: > Hello, > > > On Mon, 2008-05-12 at 11:22 -0400, David Bruce wrote: > > > "MKDIR_P" is recommended but requires automake-1.10 or higher. [...] > > > is there an acceptable workaround? >

"make dist" and "make distcheck" trouble

2009-09-27 Thread David Bruce
without seeing any clear culprit. I would be happy to post whatever files or output might help figure this out. Does any of this sound like any familiar problem? Thanks for any help, David Bruce

Re: "make dist" and "make distcheck" trouble

2009-09-27 Thread David Bruce
Hello Ralf, On 9/27/09, Ralf Wildenhues wrote: > Hi David, > > * David Bruce wrote on Sat, Sep 26, 2009 at 04:51:01AM CEST: >> My project is not creating valid tarballs with "make dist", and "make >> distcheck" fails at the VPATH build stage. > >

Re: "make dist" and "make distcheck" trouble

2009-09-28 Thread David Bruce
ittle modification of configure.ac or Makefile.am files recently, so I find this problem pretty baffling. I suspect that this is the first time that these files have been reviewed by anyone with any serious autotools knowledge. Thanks again, David Bruce Here's that Makefile.am for the font di

Re: "make dist" and "make distcheck" trouble

2009-09-28 Thread David Bruce
y rate removing the '.' fixed the problem. Anyway, thanks a million for looking over tuxmath's autotools files. David Bruce