Simon Richter wrote: > Hi, > > Harald Dunkel wrote: > >> I would like to create the directories for some >> $SUBDIRS as needed at runtime, e.g. > > > erm, why? > >> Unfortunately Automake complains about the missing >> directories in the source tree. > > > Yes, because the structure of the source tree is supposed to be pretty > much static (in fact, your package should be able to build with the > source tree on read-only media), so it doesn't make sense to name > directories that aren't there. >
Probably a misunderstanding. The actions performed in the build directory do not depend upon an empty directory in the source tree, so why do I have to create it? >> (Part of the problem is that CVS doesn't allow to >> rename files or directories, so I would like to avoid >> checking in empty directories.) > > Regards Harri
