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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    RE: RE: Questions about Makefile.am
From:       Jesper Pedersen <jep () systematic ! dk>
Date:       2000-04-03 10:48:07
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Faure [mailto:david@mandrakesoft.com]
> Sent: 3. april 2000 12:09
> To: kde-devel@kde.org
> Subject: Re: RE: Questions about Makefile.am
> 
> 
> On Mon, Apr 03, 2000 at 11:47:37AM +0200, Jesper Pedersen wrote:
> > > 
> > > On Mon, Apr 03, 2000 at 11:17:04AM +0200, Jesper Pedersen wrote:
> > > > Hi.
> > > > 
> > > > I have 2 questions about Makefile.am:
> > > > 
> > > > 1) I have a program which lie outside the KDE source 
> directories,
> > > > but I would like to use:
> > > > 
> > > >  libMyProgramLib_la_METASOURCES = AUTO
> > > Tip: METASOURCES = AUTO is even better
> > >
> > Ok. I'll use that instead.
> > 
> > > > in my Makefile.am files to generate the moc-files. 
> > > > How do I easily do this without moving my program ?
> > > 
> > > That's the job of am_edit (automoc for KDE-1.x).
> > 
> > It's a KDE-2 program, so I look forward to the freeze later today :)
> 
> Not me :-)  (unfinished work)
>

;)
 
> > > Since you seem to use autoconf/automake alread,
> > > all you need to do is to call "perl admin/am_edit" between 
> > > autoconf and automake.
> > >
> > 
> > So the cleanest way is to include KDE's am_edit in the 
> program directory
> > and do: 
> > 
> >  aclocal
> >  autoconf
> >  perl kdefiles/am_edit
> >  automake 
> > 
> > in my Makefile.cvs ?
> 
> It's usually admin/am_edit. Actually, it has to, since am_edit
> has to be able to patch the Makefile.ins correctly, to call itself
> in the Makefile.am is modified. Don't you have an admin/ subdir yet ?
>

Makefile.ins ??

No, I don't have a admin/ subdir (should I ?). I want a program to only
check for a valid Qt/KDE-2 installation without depending so much
on files located in the KDE sources directories (the user may not have
the KDE sources installed).
 
> > > > 2) How do I get "make clean" to remove *~ files too ?
> > > 
> > > Something like CLEANFILES = *~, not sure.
> > > 
> > Thanks. Must have missed it during my reading.
> > 
> automake/autoconf/am_edit really lack documentation.
> 

It would be nice to have some info (I don't have any time for this right
now, sorry)

> -- 
> David FAURE
> david@mandrakesoft.com, faure@kde.org
> http://home.clara.net/faure/
> KDE, Making The Future of Computing Available Today
> 
> 

 Jesper

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