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Re: Question about common_files
- From: Eric Siegerman <erics at telepres dot com>
- To: automake at gnu dot org
- Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2004 17:29:43 -0500
- Subject: Re: Question about common_files
- Organization: Telepresence Systems Inc.
- References: <20040107211558.GA22523@nmrc.ie>
On Wed, Jan 07, 2004 at 09:15:58PM +0000, Lars Hecking wrote:
> Question: how does automake know that [install-sh etc.] are in the parent directory?
> Does it always check the parent directory for such files?
It searches the AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR directories.
For standalone distributions of the subpackage to be buildable,
you have to defeat this behaviour (or rather, you had to do so
the last time I tried it), by:
AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR([.])
See http://www.mail-archive.com/autoconf@gnu.org/msg08005.html
for the gory details.
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|-_|/ > Eric Siegerman, Toronto, Ont. erics@telepres.com
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