Re: [HELP!] Seeking auto* enligntenment

[Steve M. Robbins]

On Tue, Oct 08, 2002 at 11:20:20AM +0200, address@hidden wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I need some help. I don't know whether I'm on the right mailing
> list.
> 
> Trying to set up a small project with autotools (basically a library
> with some accessory C functions to test/demonstrate). My directory
> setup is basically:
> 
>   atbtools
>     config
>       ...
>     lib
>       [c headers and sources for lib]
>     misc
>       [c sources for accessory progs]
> 
> and of course the usual configury stuff (I'll be glad to provide more
> details if needed).
> 
> The top-level Makefile.am has the usual
> 
>   SUBDIRS = lib misc
> 
> (nothing more for now).
> 
> Now to lib/Makefile.am. I've tried many possibilities, but converged on
> this ``strange attractor''. If I try
> 
>   === 1 ========================================================
> 
>   lib/Makefile.am:
>     pkglib_LTLIBRARIES = libatb.la

Is this the entire contents of lib/Makefile.am?  Are you expecting
automake to guess which sources make up your library?

 
>   then I get (after successful ./bootstrap, ./configure:
> 
>     Making all in lib
>     make[2]: Entering directory `/spare/home/spu/MHS/fischer/atbtools/lib'
>     make[2]: *** No rule to make target `libatb.la.c', needed by 
> `libatb.la.lo'.  Stop.
>     make[2]: Leaving directory `/spare/home/spu/MHS/fischer/atbtools/lib'
>     make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
>     make[1]: Leaving directory `/spare/home/spu/MHS/fischer/atbtools'
>     make: *** [all-recursive-am] Error 2

I'm guessing you need to add

    libatb_la_SOURCES = x.c y.c z.c

to lib/Makefile.am.


-Steve