I'll also add you should be sure and look at doc/backend-writing.txt for tips on what to add to Makefile.am.
If there is info that would have helped you further, patches to that file would be ideal to submit for the next developers benefit. For example, the tip about only needing to sending patches for Makefile.am and configure.in might be good to add. Chris On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 7:44 AM, m. allan noah <kitno455 at gmail.com> wrote: > You must add the backend name to configure.in, and various backend > file names in several places in backend/Makefile.am. Look for an > existing backend name to see all the places. Do the same for your > manpages and description files in doc/. Then run automake (rebuilds > all the Makefile.in files) and then run autoconf to rebuild configure. > > There are probably other steps I forgot ;) > > If you send a patch to the list, only send the configure.in and > Makefile.am changes, I'll re-run automake and autoconf here. > > allan > > On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 2:20 AM, ?<kingjian_tao at avision.com.cn> wrote: >> Dear, >> >> ? ?I write a new backend,I success add it to sane-backends-1.0.18,But ?now >> I want to add this backend to sane-backends-1.0.22. >> Could you tell me which change should I do.and How to change the >> Makefile.in and Makefile.am,Thanks. >> >> >> Best Regards >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> sane-devel mailing list: sane-devel at lists.alioth.debian.org >> http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sane-devel >> Unsubscribe: Send mail with subject "unsubscribe your_password" >> ? ? ? ? ? ? to sane-devel-request at lists.alioth.debian.org >> > > > > -- > "The truth is an offense, but not a sin" > > -- > sane-devel mailing list: sane-devel at lists.alioth.debian.org > http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sane-devel > Unsubscribe: Send mail with subject "unsubscribe your_password" > ? ? ? ? ? ? to sane-devel-request at lists.alioth.debian.org >