(autotools) make does not decent to src

kroiz · 01-28-2009, 04:27 PM

Hi,
I have only one small cpp file but I am having hard time building it with autotools.
Before I started with autotools I built it with:
g++ main.cpp `sdl-config --cflags --libs`
and that worked fine.
I created a subdir named src and put my main.cpp there.
I made a Makefile.am and put SUBDIR = src in it.
I made a configure.ac with:

Code:

#                                               -*- Autoconf -*-
# Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.

AC_PREREQ(2.61)
AC_INIT(spankytanky, 0.1.0, krizuy@gmail.net)
AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src/main.cpp])
AC_CONFIG_HEADER([config.h])

# Checks for programs.
AC_PROG_CXX

# Checks for libraries.

# Checks for header files.

# Checks for typedefs, structures, and compiler characteristics.
AC_HEADER_STDBOOL
AC_C_CONST

# Checks for library functions.

AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile
                 src/Makefile])
AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE
AC_OUTPUT

I made src/Makefile.am with:

Code:

bin_PROGRAMS = spankytanky
spankytanky_SOURCES = main.cpp
spankytanky_LDADD = /usr/lib SDL
spankytanky_CPPFLAGS =/usr/include/SDL -D_GNU_SOURCE=1 -D_REENTRANT

When I do:

Quote:

autoreconf
./configure

make
make all-am
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/kroiz/spankytanky'
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/kroiz/spankytanky'

seems like it does not decent to src.
why? if you please.

**CornedBee** · 01-28-2009, 04:57 PM

I don't get autotools, but this looks wrong to me:

Code:

AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src/main.cpp])

src/main.cpp is not a directory.

kroiz · 01-28-2009, 11:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CornedBee

I don't get autotools, but this looks wrong to me:

Code:

AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src/main.cpp])

src/main.cpp is not a directory.

That is actually ok.
AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR parameter, is some file that is in the package's source directory; configure checks for this file's existence to make sure that the directory that it is told that contains the source code, in fact does; it is a safety check.

kroiz · 01-29-2009, 02:12 PM

spankytanky_LDADD = -L/usr/lib -lSDL
spankytanky_CPPFLAGS =-I/usr/include/SDL -D_GNU_SOURCE=1 -D_REENTRANT

I had to fix Makefile.am and the Makefile.am in the project directory
/s/SUBDIR/SUBDIRS

01-28-2009, 04:57 PM	#2
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01-29-2009, 02:12 PM	#4
kroiz Registered User Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 116	spankytanky_LDADD = -L/usr/lib -lSDL spankytanky_CPPFLAGS =-I/usr/include/SDL -D_GNU_SOURCE=1 -D_REENTRANT I had to fix Makefile.am and the Makefile.am in the project directory /s/SUBDIR/SUBDIRS
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