Re: creating the $(SUBDIRS) at runtime?
Simon Richter wrote: Hi, Harald Dunkel wrote: I would like to create the directories for some $SUBDIRS as needed at runtime, e.g. erm, why? Unfortunately Automake complains about the missing directories in the source tree. Yes, because the structure of the source tree is supposed to be pretty much static (in fact, your package should be able to build with the source tree on read-only media), so it doesn't make sense to name directories that aren't there. Probably a misunderstanding. The actions performed in the build directory do not depend upon an empty directory in the source tree, so why do I have to create it? (Part of the problem is that CVS doesn't allow to rename files or directories, so I would like to avoid checking in empty directories.) Regards Harri
creating the $(SUBDIRS) at runtime?
Hi folks,
I would like to create the directories for some
$SUBDIRS as needed at runtime, e.g.
:
SUBDIRS = mydir
mydir/Makefile: FORCE
${INSTALL} -d mydir
generate $@
:
Unfortunately Automake complains about the missing
directories in the source tree.
Of course the workaround is easy, but I wonder why
Automake tries to verify whether a source directory
exists?
(Part of the problem is that CVS doesn't allow to
rename files or directories, so I would like to avoid
checking in empty directories.)
Many thanx
Harri
Re: creating the $(SUBDIRS) at runtime?
Hi, Harald Dunkel wrote: I would like to create the directories for some $SUBDIRS as needed at runtime, e.g. erm, why? Unfortunately Automake complains about the missing directories in the source tree. Yes, because the structure of the source tree is supposed to be pretty much static (in fact, your package should be able to build with the source tree on read-only media), so it doesn't make sense to name directories that aren't there. (Part of the problem is that CVS doesn't allow to rename files or directories, so I would like to avoid checking in empty directories.) Just create a file .cvssucks in that dir, then it's no longer empty. :-) (or use a sane versioning system, like cogito). Simon signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
