Re: [automake] Dependency question with _LDADD

[Ralf Wildenhues]

Hi Braden,

* Braden McDaniel wrote on Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 08:48:45AM CEST:
> On Wed, 2008-08-27 at 07:41 +0200, Ralf Wildenhues wrote:
> > * Michel Briand wrote on Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 03:19:24AM CEST:
> > > Ralf Wildenhues <address@hidden> - Tue, 26 Aug 2008 17:43:13 +0200
> > > >Why '-I config -I m4'?  AFAICS you do not use AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([m4])
> > > >in configure.ac.  I'd use that, and drop '-I config'.
> > > 
> > > I do not use the macro you mention.
> > 
> > Please do, though.  When you do, please also add
> >   ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I m4
> > 
> > to the toplevel Makefile.am.
> 
> ... which brings up a question I have: Why doesn't AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR
> eliminate the need for setting ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS as such?

Hmm.  You typically have one AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR where for example
'aclocal --install' or 'libtoolize --install' will dump macro files.
However, you can have several places in the tree where you need to
pick up macro files from, with -I paths.

Cheers,
Ralf