Am Dienstag, 7. Oktober 2003 21:00 schrieb Bill Wendling: > Also sprach Kai Ludwig: > } > } I have a question about managing subdirectories with > } autoconf/automake. > } > } Our project contains several independent packages. For > } each package we have a subdirectory and each subdirectory > } has a configure script. > } >From the top level configure script the user should choose > } wether s/he wants to compile a specific package or not. > } > } e.g.: ./configure --enable-gui > } > } By now (and that solution works with autoconf-2.53 and automake-1.6.3) > } we use the AC_CONFIG_SUBDIRS macro in the top level configure.in > } file: > } > } if test "x$gui" = xtrue; then > } AC_CONFIG_SUBDIRS(Utilities GUI) > } else > } if test "x$model" = xtrue; then > } AC_CONFIG_SUBDIRS(Model) > } else > } AC_CONFIG_SUBDIRS(Utilities GUI Model) > } fi > } fi > } > } Trying the same code with autoconf-2.57 and automake-1.7.7 results in the > } following error when running automake: > } > } configure.in:29: error: `Utilities' is already registered with > } AC_CONFIG_SUBDIRS. > } /usr/local/src/autoconf/autoconf-2.57/lib/autoconf/status.m4:1073: > } AC_CONFIG_SUBDIRS is expanded from... > } configure.in:29: the top level > } > } Is there a better/standard solution for our purpose ? > } > This is a shot in the dark (and I haven't tested it) but have you tried > "quoting" the subdirectories above (because they have spaces in their > names)? > > So, something like: > > AC_CONFIG_SUBDIRS([Utilities GUI Module]) > > or something? Thanks for your reponse. Unfortunately that did not help. I am not an expert in writing shell commands, so maybe the mistake is in the if....else.... statements above. It seems to me that automake-1.7.7 has a problem in interpreting them ? Regards Kai
