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Re: SUBDIRS: can I make but not install?
- From: Gregory Sharp <gregsharp dot geo at yahoo dot com>
- To: automake at gnu dot org
- Date: Tue, 27 Apr 2004 10:51:01 -0700 (PDT)
- Subject: Re: SUBDIRS: can I make but not install?
--- Alexandre Duret-Lutz <adl@src.lip6.fr> wrote:
> >>> "Gregory" == Gregory Sharp <gregsharp.geo@yahoo.com>
> writes:
>
> Gregory> My program uses a 3rd party library, that I include
> with the
> Gregory> distribution as a subdirectory.
>
> Gregory> I want to build the library, and statically link to
> it, which
> Gregory> works OK by including the subdirectory as SUBDIRS.
> But the
> Gregory> problem is that "make install" also wants to install
> the
> Gregory> library, which I don't need. Any suggestions for
> working
> Gregory> around this? I prefer not to modify the 3rd party
> autoconf/make
> Gregory> scripts.
>
> I can't see any _clean_ way to do this with the current tools.
> It would be nice that Automake supports noinst_SUBDIRS and
> check_SUBDIRS for directories that must not be always built,
> or
> built only for `make check', but never installed.
Thank you for your feedback, and also Bob's. This issue
seems to fall on the blurry line between configuration and
package management.
I eventually decided the best way is to modify the 3rd party
scripts, document those modifications, then reproduce them
for each future 3rd party release. Not ideal, but acceptable.
Greg
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Greg Sharp
gregsharp@geocities.com
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