Re: How do I configure Makefile.am to run a program?

[Harlan Stenn]

> I like to include my subversion version number in my rpm spec file so I can
> keep track of the source used to generate the binary.  I've been manually
> changing it but since I forget to sometimes, I'd like for make to generate
> the spec file for me.  I wrote a small perl program that reads a template
> file (.tmpl) and writes out the .spec file after calling subversion . -n.  I
> can't figure out how to force make from a Makefile.am to run the perl script
> each time it builds.
> I thought I could do it with SUFFIXES but when I tried it didn't work.  I
> added the following to the top level Makefile.am:
> 
> noinst_PROGRAMS = poll.spec
> poll_tmpl_SOURCES = poll.tmpl FORCE
> .tmpl.spec:
>        ./logpoll.pl $<
> 
> FORCE:

You want BUILT_SOURCES = something.

If logpoll.pl takes the .tmpl.spec file and spits out 'poll.spec' then
you want:

BUILT_SOURCES = poll.spec

poll.spec: .tmpl.spec logpoll.pl
           ./logpoll.pl $<

if logpoll.pl is a generated script.  If it's part of the package you want:

poll.spec: .tmpl.spec
           $srcdir/logpoll.pl $<

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