Re: Depend on a local library in a different source directory

[Sylvain Beucler]

Hi,

Thanks, this works.


Is there also a way to automatically (re)build '../mylib.la' when I
issue 'make' in 'lib/python/'?

-- 
Sylvain

On Sun, Oct 12, 2008 at 01:21:39PM -0500, Thomas Epperson wrote:
> Try placing this in the makefile.am for the lib folder.
> SUBDIRS = . python
> 
> That should cause the directories to be entered in the order specified.
> 
> On Sun, Oct 12, 2008 at 1:12 PM, Sylvain Beucler <address@hidden> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have the following layout:
> >  lib/
> >  lib/Makefile.am
> >  lib/mylib.la
> >  lib/python/
> >  lib/python/Makefile.am
> >  lib/python/_pymylib.la
> >
> > When building, 'make' enters 'lib/python/' first without building
> > 'mylib.la'. Since '_pymylib.la' depends on it, compilation fails.
> >
> >
> > Another example: I have a similar issue with gnulib:
> >  gnulib/
> >  gnulib/lib/
> >  gnulib/lib/Makefile.am
> >  gnulib/lib/gnulib.a
> >  src/
> >  src/Makefile.am
> >  src/myprog
> >
> > where I couldn't find a way to build 'gnulib.a' first if typing 'make'
> > directly from 'src/' (though in this case, typing 'make' at
> > $top_builddir usually build things in the right order).
> >
> >
> > I tried a number of tricks but I didn't find a clean solution for
> > this.
> >
> >
> > So what is the proper way to tell automake to build a local library
> > that is located in a different directory of the same source package
> > _before_ building the current directory?
> >
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > --
> > Sylvain
> >
> >
> >