[Please reply to automake@xxxxxxx] >>> "Robert" == Robert Lowe <Robert.H.Lowe@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: Robert> Hi! Robert> I have a set of common headers files in includes/ and the following Robert> line in configure.ac: Robert> AC_SUBST(CPPFLAGS,[-I../includes]) Should be AC_SUBST([AM_CPPFLAGS], ['-I$(top_srcdir)/includes']) or AC_SUBST([AM_CPPFLAGS], ['-I$(top_srcdir)/includes -I$(top_builddir)/includes']) if you have built headers. See the thread "RFC for new FAQ entry: Flag Variables Ordering" on the Automake lists to understand why redefining plain CPPFLAGS is wrong. Robert> ...since all source files are in parallel directories. (The above doesn't require this.) [...] Robert> Also, is it perfectly legit to list these files in the top-level Robert> Makefile.am as EXTRA_DIST, rather than explicitly listing this Robert> subdirectory, adding a Makefile.am there, ... since there's Robert> nothing to build there? Yes. However you'd better use noinst_HEADERS instead of EXTRA_DIST so that `make tags' and friends process the headers. -- Alexandre Duret-Lutz _______________________________________________ Autoconf mailing list Autoconf@xxxxxxx http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/autoconf
