Bob Friesenhahn wrote:
> On Sat, 4 Dec 2004, Robert Lowe wrote:
>
>> Hi!
>>
>> I have a set of common headers files in includes/ and the following
>> line in configure.ac:
>>
>> AC_SUBST(CPPFLAGS,[-I../includes])
>>
>> ...since all source files are in parallel directories. This works
>> fine for everything but a distcheck. Is there a simple means of
>> placing an absolute path there? I've tried a couple of different
>> methods, but no luck.
>
>
> Try:
>
> CPPFLAGS="${srcdir}/includes"
> AC_SUBST(CPPFLAGS)No, that didn't quite do it, even with -I. It substitutes './includes', and caused the next AC_CHECK_LIB() to fail, which I found curious. I
also tried abs_top_builddir, but that was null.
>> Also, is it perfectly legit to list these files in the top-level >> Makefile.am as EXTRA_DIST, rather than explicitly listing this >> subdirectory, adding a Makefile.am there, ... since there's >> nothing to build there? > > > It it works, then it must be legit, otherwise no. :-)
Indeed! :-)
-Robert
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