Re: What *target* use for non-source files want to add to package like DATA?

[cs]

Bob

So if I have a $(srcdir)/data directory, then

$(srcdir)/data/Makefile.am will have *only* one

line like this?


EXTRA_DIST = foo1.data foo2.data foo3.data



I saw in New Riders Autotools book that they

mentioned a "primary" called DATA.  This seems

to imply I can also do $(srcdir)/data/Makefile.am

like this:

bin_DATA = foo1.data foo2.data foo3.data


This book says those files will be *installed*.

Perhaps that is the main difference between bin_DATA

and EXTRA_DIST???? Will EXTRA_DIST cause all that

junk to end up somewhere like /usr/local/bin/myprogram/data?


Thanks,

Chris


 -------- Original Message --------
   Subject: Re: What *target* use for non-source files want to add to
package like DATA?
   From: address@hidden (Bob Proulx)
   Date: Mon, April 28, 2003 8:58 pm
   To: address@hidden

   address@hidden wrote:
   > I have been reading Automake docs and found
   > target for extra non-compiled junk like this one:
   >
   > EXTRA_mypgrogram_SOURCES
   >
   > I'm not sure if this is the one to use for stuff like
   > DATA that isn't compiled but you still want to
   > drag it around with your program.
   >
   > Which is best for non-source code stuff like data files?

   You want EXTRA_DIST.

     EXTRA_DIST = foo.data bar.data

   Bob