Re: Problem with VPATH builds and SCRIPTS primary

2016-10-27 Thread Paul Smith
On Thu, 2016-10-27 at 21:12 +0200, Raphaël Halimi wrote: > Well, since the documentation only mentioned "the build system" was > supposed to create the subdirectories, I assumed it was make's job. > Seems I guessed wrong. That statement is ambiguous, I agree, but I suspect the author meant the "bu

Re: Problem with VPATH builds and SCRIPTS primary

2016-10-27 Thread Raphaël Halimi
Le 27/10/2016 à 21:05, Paul Smith a écrit : > Hi Raphaël; > > Thanks for providing such a good level of detail in your question. > Unfortunately, it seems targeted specifically at automake issues and > not related to GNU make itself. I think you'll need to ask this > question on a list dedicated

Re: Problem with VPATH builds and SCRIPTS primary

2016-10-27 Thread Paul Smith
On Thu, 2016-10-27 at 16:41 +0200, Raphaël Halimi wrote: > I'm trying to use GNU autotools to distribute a shell script that > need to be installed with some other files (sample configuration, man > pages, data, etc etc). Hi Raphaël; Thanks for providing such a good level of detail in your questi