Re: call custom automake target and bin files in build tree directory

[Ralf Wildenhues]

Hello,

* db wrote on Sun, Feb 10, 2008 at 09:50:32PM CET:
> Now, I need these folders(priv and misc)/files(dynamically created files
> ending in .script) to be included into some_path directory when "./configure
> --prefix=some_path && make && make install" is issued. Also it would be nice
> to have those folders and files when "make dist" is issued.  How to go about
> doing this?

foodir = some_path
dist_foo_DATA = priv/file1 misc/file2

> In my situation, I can only call "make custom" from folder root_app.  I need
> a way to get "make custom" into root Makefile.am, so that when you do "make"
> on build tree, you also execute target "custom".  Any suggestions?

all-local: custom

> I would like to also see bin files created in ./bin folder when
> "../../configure --cache-file=/dev/null && make" is issued from
> root_app/tmp/build.  As of now, I can only get bin files created when I run
> "make install" to install the application.  How do you get bin files placed
> into build tree directory with just "make"?

bin_PROGRAMS = bin/prog
bin_prog_SOURCES = prog.c ...

Hope that helps.

Cheers,
Ralf