Hi Russell, * Russell Shaw wrote on Sat, Feb 25, 2006 at 06:39:19AM CET: > Ralf Wildenhues wrote: > >* Russell Shaw wrote on Wed, Feb 22, 2006 at 04:33:40PM CET: > > > >>When each library is built, i want to copy its header to a > >>header-directory and its object to a library-directory in the > >>buildtree so that the programs that get built later can include it > >>using the gcc -I and -L options. > It doesn't matter so much for library objects, but source files have things > like #include X11/extensions/... and i didn't want to modify those, because > they can also be compiled stand-alone on the host, and so need those headers > in those locations. OK. > >>Finally, could i also get the central library header directory and object > >>directory installed in the distribution? > > > >Well, you can use `cp' to copy around stuff, but it would really help to > >know the problem to be solved from a higher-level standpoint. We may be > >able to point out a different solution. > > I was trying to make a different (top-down) build system for the Xorg tree. > Most of the source relies on headers being layed out as they are in > /usr/include/X11, so i wanted a layout like that used during "make" in > the project tree before installing. I could permanently copy all the headers > to those locations maybe. If that can be done without severe restrictions for development, it may be a good idea. I can imagine it to hinder modularization to some extent, though. Cheers, Ralf _______________________________________________ Autoconf mailing list Autoconf@xxxxxxx http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/autoconf