Hello, * [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 09:44:19PM CET: > > Since I have two different binary trees, I want to separate the source > and the output directories.
Learn about separating the one source tree and the (arbitrarily many) build trees: <http://www.gnu.org/software/automake/manual/html_node/VPATH-Builds.html> > Now, I have experience some problems: > > - Emacs compilation output can not find the sources files > I must specify it for each compilation (very boring). > Or, I can customize compilation-search-directories with absolute paths > (so dirty). I'm sure Emacs can be taught to read per-directory config files that teach it where the respective source files are. I can't help you with this, though. > - Some part of the project do not compile anymore. > Makefile.am rules are based on the fact that binaries and source code > are in the same directory. Not if the Makefile.am author took care. Generally, automake supports separated source and build trees quite naturally. > bin_PROGRAMS = settings-manager-test > settings_manager_test_SOURCES = settings-manager-test.cpp > settings_manager_test_LDADD = @top_srcdir@/src/common/libcore.la Libraries are generated and system-dependent files, so they should never be in the source tree, and always in the build tree. You should use something like this here: settings_manager_test_LDADD = $(top_builddir)/src/common/libcore.la or settings_manager_test_LDADD = ../../src/common/libcore.la > Is there any solutions to make cross-platform development more easy > with Emacs and Autotools ? I'm sure Emacs users will be able to provide more help here. It might help to ask on the automake list, help-gnu-utils seems to be read less these days. Cheers, Ralf
