Greetings,
my Makefile.in in subdiretory "antlr" contains
builddir=@builddir@
abs_builddir=@abs_builddir@
top_builddir=@top_builddir@
abs_top_builddir=@abs_top_builddir@
srcdir=@srcdir@
abs_srcdir=@abs_srcdir@
top_srcdir=@top_srcdir@
abs_top_srcdir=@abs_top_srcdir@
ie, all build and source related directory
variables.
I'm getting this in "antlr/Makefile":
builddir=.
abs_builddir=/home/geronimo/obj/antlr-linux/antlr
top_builddir=../
abs_top_builddir=/home/geronimo/obj/antlr-linux/antlr/../.
srcdir=/home/geronimo/src/antlrmain/antlr
abs_srcdir=/home/geronimo/src/antlrmain/antlr
top_srcdir=/home/geronimo/src/antlrmain
abs_top_srcdir=/home/geronimo/src/antlrmain
According to documentation, "srcdir" and "top_srcdir"
should be relative. I'm sorry but I can't see this.
Especially the value for "srcdir": The documentation
(autoconf - dec 24, 2oo2) states:
Variable: srcdir
The relative path to the directory that contains the
sourcecode for that `Makefile'.
What does this exactly mean. Ok, we should end up (in
my case) at
${packagedir}/antlr/Makefile.in
but where do we start? Do we start from the build
directory or do we start in ${packagedir}?
Appears to me that documentation has been written with
packagedir==builddir in mind - but that's not true in
general, right?
What I'm missing is the "reverse" of "top_builddir" -
something like
src_builddir="antlr"
Another thing that bothers me a bit is the value of
abs_top_builddir=/home/geronimo/obj/antlr-linux/antlr/../.
I would rather prefer to have
abs_top_builddir=/home/geronimo/obj/antlr-linux
which makes the whole thing much more readable in my
opinion.
My autoconf version:
- autoconf 2.59 (but I'm still using configure.in rather
than configure.ac).
Regards,
Wolfgang.
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