Re: Modify $PATH for all subdirectories

[Ben Pfaff]

"Too, Justin A." <address@hidden> writes:

> Thanks for the tips. I definitely would like to have the most portable
> solution so I'm leaning toward Dave's suggestion. The reason I wanted the
> PATH solution, however, was to keep things simple and in one location.
> Maybe what I will do is set an AC_SUBST for SOME_TEST, then in the
> "check-local" rules I can simply use:
>
> configure.ac:
> AC_SUBST(SOME_TEST, [$(top_builddir)/scripts/test/install/bin/something])
>
> check-local: check-something
> check-something:
>         @SOME_TEST@ --or --other

Why use Autoconf for this?  Just add a variable to Makefile.am:

SOME_TEST = $(top_builddir)/scripts/test/install/bin/something

check-local: check-something
check-something:
        $(SOME_TEST) --or --other
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Ben Pfaff 
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