Re: Problem with VPATH builds and SCRIPTS primary

[Raphaël Halimi]

Hi Peter,

Thanks for your answer.

Just to make sure I understand:

> CLEANFILES += data/.dirstamp
> 
> data/.dirstamp:
>      @$(MKDIR_P) data
>      @: > $@

This creates a directory "data", and then a file ".dirstamp" in this
directory by redirecting the (empty) result of the "true" command to
this file.

> data/foo.txt: data/.dirstamp
>       <some rule>

This creates a file "foo.txt" (in my case it would be a shell script) in
the "data" directory according to a some rule.

Unlike the other solution, this doesn't involve configure.ac, and so
it's usable with a "pure" automake setup (without autoconf). This is not
the case of my current setup but still, I see this as an advantage, to
clearly separate the "configure" phase and the "make" phase (I'm still
new to autotools).

Are there other pros/cons I didn't see, compared to the creation of the
directory with AC_CONFIG_COMMANDS ?

Regards,

-- 
Raphaël Halimi

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