Hi, I know there are other threads on this topic already, but they don't seem to match my situation exactly, so I hope people don't mind a bit of a repeat.
My top-level directory contains source for several libraries and a binary. One of the libraries depends on the other, but so too do the binaries and their respective test programs. That is: libx/ xsrc.c x.h liby/ ysrc.c (tries to #include <x.h>) bin1/ bin1src.c (tries to include <x.h>) bin1/tests/ test1.src (tries to include <x.h>) bin2 bin2src.c (tries to include <x.h>) libx/Makefile.am tries to install x.h in a subdirectory off of $includedir. During "make", gcc for ysrc.c gets -I../libx, so the build is fine. During "make distcheck" however, the build of ysrc.c can't find x.h, and terminates. The suggestion I've seen for dependent libraries is to make libx be a SUBDIR of liby. I could do this, but it brings up two questions: (a) Will bin1/, bin1/tests/, and bin2/ be able to find <x.h> during "make distcheck"? (b) There are other libraries in the package that might become dependent on libx later. The SUBDIR wouldn't work in this case, I take it. Is there a solution when i get to that point, apart from making libx into its own separate package? Thanks, -MSK
