RE: Problems getting dependencies compiled before executable....

[cs at gnumatica dot com]

Alexandre

Thanks for the info.  I really appreciate it.  What is the easiest way
then to tell system to go to a different directory to build a dependency
if it is not built yet??

By the way, if you don't mind me asking, what is the point of
_DEPENDENCIES when you can just add library to _LDADD
and Autotools will update dependency list automatically from that???

Chris



> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Re: Problems getting dependencies compiled before
> executable....
> From: "Alexandre Duret-Lutz" <duret_g@lrde.epita.fr>
> Date: Sat, June 14, 2003 12:19 pm
> To: cs@gnumatica.com
> Cc: santosh@mail.iiit.net, automake@gnu.org, assar@kth.se
> 
> >>> "Chris" == Chris Seberino <cs@gnumatica.com> writes:
> 
> [...]
> 
>  Chris> If a dependency of a target is not built, then Makefile
>  Chris> should build the dependency first.  That is not what
>  Chris> is happening here.  Why can't Makefile go to right
>  Chris> directory to build the dependency???
> 
> [...]
> 
> Because the rules to build this dependency are in the
> subdirectory not in the current one.  See
>   http://www.tip.net.au/~millerp/rmch/recu-make-cons-harm.html
> for some background.
> 
> You can tell Automake you want the subdirectory built *after*
> the current one by changing src/Makefile.am's SUBDIRS definition
> to
> 
>   SUBDIRS = . exec
> 
> Alternatively, you can merge src/exec/Makefile.am into
> src/Makefiles.am.  It's ok to write things like
> 
>   noinst_LIBRARIES = libfoo.a
>   libfoo_a_SOURCES = foo.c
>   bin_PROGRAMS = exec/main
>   exec_main_SOURCES = exec/main.c
>   exec_main_LDADD = libfoo.a
> 
> -- 
> Alexandre Duret-Lutz