Re: linking source files from a different directory macro

[Bob Friesenhahn]

On Mon, 21 Jan 2008, Jason Roscoe wrote:

> Bob Friesenhahn wrote:
> > That sounds like a nice feature.  For GraphicsMagick (which needs this 
> > capability) I distribute a slightly modified version of the old X11 'lndir' 
> > shell script and invoke it via an automake 'hook'.  This approach seems to 
> > work fine.
> Thanks for the pointer.  Does your automake 'hook' also contain the smarts to 
> clean up the linked source code during a 'make clean'?

It does not do that (the way you describe) since the source I am 
linking to includes its own 'make clean' facility, but I do invoke 
that 'make clean' facility via a hook.

Bob
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