Hello Oleg,
* Oleg V. Zhylin wrote on Mon, Nov 26, 2007 at 01:04:15AM CET:
>
> I'm using automake 1.9.6. Line in my yet simple Makefile.am
>
> dist_doc_DATA = README
>
> triggers error message
>
> Makefile.am:2: `dist_doc_DATA' is used but `docdir' is undefined
Use Automake 1.10, its manual contains this chapter:
> '2.2.3 Standard Directory Variables' in Automake manual says that
> docdir's default value is
>
> docdir ${datarootdir}/doc/${PACKAGE}
For Automake 1.10, you will also need Autoconf 2.60+. It's actually the
latter that defines docdir.
Anyway, for 1.9.6 you can workaround by adding
docdir = ${datadir}/doc/${PACKAGE}
to Makefile.am.
Cheers,
Ralf
