Thank you, I see that I can clarify the issue a little bit more: I now really think that this is more automake than autoconf related. There are two challenges connected with that: 1. I have to tell the code what is the correct path to those datafiles, which I had correctly accomplished by including AM_CPPFLAGS = -D'<some cool macro>' in Makefile.am 2. Installing some files in that directory. I have learned to use dist_data_DATA = <file list>, but I would like to write dist_data_DATA = <data_directory>. If I do that, I get this error: test -z "/usr/share" || /bin/mkdir -p "/usr/share" /bin/install -c -m 644 './garden' '/usr/share/garden' /bin/install: omitting directory `./garden' (garden is the name of the directory containing datafiles and other directories). I don't like the idea of long Makefile.am containing lists of all files and directories that have to be installed... 3. Distributing the datafiles - I have figured it out, it is OK. Do you have an idea how to deal with the second problem? Matej
On Fri, 2008-08-29 at 06:38 -0600, Eric Blake wrote: > -----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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -----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-----
