Re: Built header in different dir?

[Lars Hecking]

Lars J. Aas writes:
> On Fri, Mar 30, 2001 at 11:10:32AM +0100, Lars Hecking wrote:
> : How do I define a dependency on a header file in a different directory, eg.
> : the parent dir? I tried
> : 
> : BUILT_SOURCES = ../header.h
> 
> Try something like this:
> 
> In ../Makefile.am:
> 
> BUILT_SOURCES = header.h
> # build $(BUILT_SOURCES) before entering subdirs
> Makefile: $(BUILT_SOURCES)
 
 Already in place.

> In ./Makefile.am:
> 
> ../header.h: $(srcdir)/../header.h.in
>       @( cd ..; $(MAKE) header.h )

 This doesn't help either.

 As I explained in the other email, BUILT_SOURCES in the top level Makefile.am
 declares two header files, but with non-GNU make, only the first one is
 ever built before descending into the subdirs.