On 2014-03-20 14:12 +0200, Aurélien Vallée wrote: [snip exposition] > libfoo_la_SOURCES = \ > $(top_srcdir)/foo-lib/src/file1.cpp > > pkginclude_HEADERS = \ > $(top_srcdir)/foo-lib/include/foo/header1.h \ > $(top_srcdir)/foo-lib/include/foo/subdir/header2.h [...] > Now the problem: when installing these headers, they end up being flattened! > That is, I end up with: > > $prefix/include/foo/header1.h > $prefix/include/foo/header2.h
Yes, this is the documented behaviour. > While I was expecting: > > $prefix/include/foo/header1.h > $prefix/include/foo/subdir/header2.h OK. > So I assume that is what nobase_ is supposed to achieve, but since the path > I use are not relative to the Makefile.am, but to $top_srcdir, I end up > with the whole $top_srcdir path being copied: > > $prefix/include/foo-lib/include/foo/header1.h > $prefix/include/foo-lib/include/foo/subdir/header2.h Sortof. The nobase_ option replicates the hierarchy in your source tree, which IMO is pretty useless but that's what it does. > which is clearly not what is expected. You need a directory variable for each directory you wish to install files into. See the Automake manual for details, start with §3.3 The Uniform Naming Scheme[1]. Something like this (untested): foosubdir = $(pkgincludedir)/subdir pkginclude_HEADERS = path/to/header1.h foosub_HEADERS = path/to/header2.h [1] https://gnu.org/software/automake/manual/automake.html#Uniform Cheers, -- Nick Bowler, Elliptic Technologies (http://www.elliptictech.com/)
