-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 According to Matej Tyc on 8/28/2008 1:53 PM: > Hello, > I have a project that I adapt to use Autotools and it is a game. It has > several directories with data that are required by the program that need > to be installed somwhere. > I have used AM_CPPFLAGS = -DDATADIR=\"$(datadir)\" trick and I have > modified the source files accordingly; however the install fails with a > message about omitted directories that are not copied... It is true that > in the corresponding Makefile.am data_DATA=beat/ gfx/ wavs/ are > directories, but I have to install those directories and I would like to > do it in a smart way with as little of work as possible. > Any suggestions? The fact that you mention AM_CPPFLAGS makes this sound more like an automake question than an autoconf one. That said, you may want to look into using dist-hook: http://www.gnu.org/software/automake/manual/html_node/Dist.html#Dist - -- Don't work too hard, make some time for fun as well! Eric Blake ebb9@xxxxxxx -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (Cygwin) Comment: Public key at home.comcast.net/~ericblake/eblake.gpg Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAki37aoACgkQ84KuGfSFAYBeVACg2AkFEo4yllyBKOD/X1guHzMG J7oAn2klaTWiRb/VGP8AZ5iO7PcGlr7M =bGlC -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Autoconf mailing list Autoconf@xxxxxxx http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/autoconf