Re: How do I configure Makefile.am to run a program?

[Harlan Stenn]

You typo'd.

I wrote BUILT_SOURCES= ...

Check out the docs.

H
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> On Fri, Mar 21, 2008 at 3:57 PM, Harlan Stenn <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
> > > I like to include my subversion version number in my rpm spec file so I
> > can
> > > keep track of the source used to generate the binary.  I've been
> > manually
> > > changing it but since I forget to sometimes, I'd like for make to
> > generate
> > > the spec file for me.  I wrote a small perl program that reads a
> > template
> > > file (.tmpl) and writes out the .spec file after calling subversion .
> > -n.  I
> > > can't figure out how to force make from a Makefile.am to run the perl
> > script
> > > each time it builds.
> > > I thought I could do it with SUFFIXES but when I tried it didn't work.
> >  I
> > > added the following to the top level Makefile.am:
> > >
> > > noinst_PROGRAMS = poll.spec
> > > poll_tmpl_SOURCES = poll.tmpl FORCE
> > > .tmpl.spec:
> > >        ./logpoll.pl $<
> > >
> > > FORCE:
> >
> > You want BUILT_SOURCES = something.
> >
> > If logpoll.pl takes the .tmpl.spec file and spits out 'poll.spec' then
> > you want:
> >
> > BUILT_SOURCES = poll.spec
> >
> > poll.spec: .tmpl.spec logpoll.pl
> >           ./logpoll.pl $<
> >
> > if logpoll.pl is a generated script.  If it's part of the package you
> > want:
> >
> > poll.spec: .tmpl.spec
> >           $srcdir/logpoll.pl $<
> >
> > H
> >
> > I tried but I got:
> 
> Makefile.am:16: variable `BUILD_SOURCES' is defined but no program or
> Makefile.am:16: library has `BUILD' as canonic name (possible typo)
>  cd . && /bin/sh ./config.status Makefile
> config.status: creating Makefile
> Makefile:671: warning: overriding commands for target `poll.spec'
> Makefile:256: warning: ignoring old commands for target `poll.spec'
> make  all-recursive
> make[1]: Entering directory `/home/jlynch/threaded'
> Makefile:671: warning: overriding commands for target `poll.spec'
> Makefile:256: warning: ignoring old commands for target `poll.spec'
> Making all in src
> 
> I think I did what you suggested, from my Makefile.am
> 
> BUILD_SOURCES = poll.spec
> 
> poll.spec: .tmpl.spec logpoll.pl
>         ./logpoll.pl $<
> 
> noinst_DATA = poll.spec
> 
> logpoll.pl is a static script that simply reads the tmpl file, runs
> svnversion to get the version number and does a substitute and writes the
> spec file.