Re: How to install data / lib in more than 1 place?

[Georg-Johann Lay]

Bob Friesenhahn schrieb:
> On Tue, 10 Dec 2019, Georg-Johann Lay wrote:
>
> > Hi, I have an automake file with rules for a lib like this:
> >
> > __install_dir = $(prefix)/avr/lib/$(AVR_INSTALL_DIR)
> >
> > avrdir = $(__install_dir)
> > avrlibdir = $(__install_dir)
> >
> > avr_LIBRARIES = libdev.a
> > nodist_libdev_a_SOURCES = ...
> >
> > What would be the recommended way to install libdev.a also in several 
> > sub-folders like in $(avrlibdir)/dir1 $(avrlibdir)/dir2 etc.?
> >
> > Currently, there are a bunch of SUBDIRS which are all generating the 
> > same binary, it's just that they are installed in a slightly different 
> > place.
>
> It seems that Automake supports a 'dir' syntax which allows using the 
> standard target suffixes (e.g. _DATA) in an arbitrary way.  This works 
> for me:
>
> # Pkgconfig directory
> pkgconfigdir = $(libdir)/pkgconfig
>
> # Files to install in Pkgconfig directory
> pkgconfig_DATA = foo.pc
>
> This should allow you to have
>
> avrfoodir = $(prefix)/avr/lib/foo
>
> avrbardir = $(prefix)/avr/lib/bar
>
> and then possibly this might work:

Hi, thanks.  That was fast!

> avrfoo_LIBRARIES = libfoo.a
>
> avrbar_LIBRARIES = libbar.a

Will this also work with same file names? Like

avrfoo_LIBRARIES = libfoo.a

avrbar_LIBRARIES = libfoo.a

or would that confuse the tools?

Johann

> Bob